Speaker
Dr Anu Devanga
Consultant Psychiatrist, Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS and Medical Lead, Dorset CAMHS, Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Biography
Anu is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMH service (specialist CAMHS) since June 2017 and is the Lead Consultant for Core (Generic) CAMHS in Dorset since May 2020.
She is the sole Consultant for a service covering the county of Dorset with clinical bases in Dorchester and Southbourne and is part of a multidisciplinary service consisting of Nurses/Non-Medical Prescriber, Psychologists, Senior OTs, Mental Health Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers/Sleep practitioners, psychological therapists/Neurodevelopmental practitioners, Admin team, Nurse Associate, Trainee Psychologists, SaLT, and Family therapist.
The service works closely with partner agencies such as Children’s social care, Education/SEN/Schools, Paediatrics, Adult LD/MH, Primary care, Psychiatry liaison, Acute Hospitals. Most of the work takes place in the community and in schools and relevant assessments and reviews take place at the clinic base.
Anu completed her core training in Psychiatry in Northamptonshire when it was part of the Oxford deanery and higher specialist training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry from the West Midlands deanery. Her first role as a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist was in the West Midlands (Birmingham Children’s Hospital – East and North Hubs) and her areas of work included Neurodevelopmental conditions and looked after children.
Prior to joining Dorset Healthcare, Anu worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist across independent specialist residential schools in Dorset, Hampshire, and Gloucestershire for children with Autism, Learning Disability with complex psychosocial and mental health needs.