Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar

I am a consultant forensic psychiatrist who graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB), holds membership of The Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) and is a Senior Member of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He is a Royal College of Psychiatrists CASC and a General medical Council (GMC) examiner for Professional Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB 2) test which is the qualifying exam for International Medical Graduates. I am a full time consultant forensic psychiatrist employed by Oxford Health NHS Foundation (OHFT) Trust since 2016 and I work in the Oxford Clinic Medium Secure Unit, at Littlemore Mental Health Centre in Oxford. I provide specialist mental health input to forensic patients and he also looks after a number of forensic inmates in HMP Bullingdon.  I provide expert witness opinions to HM Courts, Parole Board and Tribunal Service.   I provide specialist psychiatric input to inpatients at Evenlode medium secure unit at the Oxford clinic, Littlemore Mental Health Centre. 

As part of my specialist training in psychiatry, I undertook a number of training events in adult, child and adolescent specialist assessments of risks. Furthermore, I have participated in a large number of specialist assessments of adults,  children and adolescent in emergency psychiatric  presentations and those in secure settings.

I work as an academic tutor at Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and is an Associate Oxford University Medical Education Fellow. Furthermore, I am involved in various educational committees at the Royal College of Psychiatrists e.g. Trainee Support, and Trans-cultural psychiatry groups. I am the mentoring lead at the South Eastern division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I published articles on violence risk assessment in addition to some educational literature on assessments in psychiatry. I have published many audits in various avenues of psychiatry. My work has been cited on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). I authored the Manual of managing violence in psychiatric inpatients and has also written a chapter about international forensic psychiatric services.

One of my ambitions is to raise the awareness, build professional capacity and set up specialised forensic psychiatry services in many countries which provide specialist mental health input to mentally unwell offenders. I deliver training in forensic aspects of psychiatry e.g. risk assessment of violence, and writing to the Courts, both nationally and internationally. 

I have been nominated to the Royal Society of Medicine’s Wall of Honour. My name is now engraved in one of the floor-to-ceiling glass panels that adorn the central atrium at 1 Wimpole Street, London.