Dr Hall

Biography

Dr Hall is the Executive Director of Forensic Services working at the leading edge of forensic healthcare delivery in the UK. She has executive responsibility for high secure provision at Rampton Hospital; medium secure units at Arnold Lodge in Leicester and Wathwood Hospital in Rotherham, the Low Secure and Community Forensic Directorate and Offender Health in the East Midlands and Yorkshire. She began her career as a Registered Mental Nurse, and has worked as a Clinician, Senior Manager and Director within mental health services in the East Midlands. She worked as a Full Time Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Nottingham, before returning to the NHS. She was Director of Nursing and Operations at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She holds the title of Queen’s Nurse, was a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Mental Health and Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln, and was appointed to the East Midlands’ Clinical Senate. She is professionally known particularly for her research into the use of care pathways in mental health, service redesign, quality improvement and governance.Dr Hall is the Executive Director of Forensic Services working at the leading edge of forensic healthcare delivery in the UK. She has executive responsibility for high secure provision at Rampton Hospital; medium secure units at Arnold Lodge in Leicester and Wathwood Hospital in Rotherham, the Low Secure and Community Forensic Directorate and Offender Health in the East Midlands and Yorkshire. She began her career as a Registered Mental Nurse, and has worked as a Clinician, Senior Manager and Director within mental health services in the East Midlands. She worked as a Full Time Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Nottingham, before returning to the NHS. She was Director of Nursing and Operations at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She holds the title of Queen’s Nurse, was a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Mental Health and Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln, and was appointed to the East Midlands’ Clinical Senate. She is professionally known particularly for her research into the use of care pathways in mental health, service redesign, quality improvement and governance.

Research Interest

Impact of a mental health care pathway upon length of stay: Case comparison study