Dr Louise Sell

Dr Louise Sell is a consultant psychiatrist at Pennine Care, Greater Manchester. She has an extensive background working as an Addiction Psychiatrist and Service Director in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. She has undertaken research on the neural mechanisms underlying craving for opioids and has researched and written about aspects of service provision, particularly injectable opioid maintenance. Her most recent clinical role was in Bury Integrated Pain Service, working with a team of physiotherapists, mental health nurses, psychologists, and anaesthetists to transform the assessment and management of persistent pain.

In addition to her clinical career, Dr Sell has worked as an Executive Medical Director and is currently a Non-Executive Director at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. She is a trustee of Early Break, a charity providing substance misuse and mental health treatment for young people. Dr Sell holds roles as a General Medical Council (GMC) advisor and as an NHS Responsible Officer appraiser. Dr Sell is chair of the expert group writing UK Clinical guidelines for the treatment of alcohol use disorders. She has held several roles with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and currently chairs the addiction specialty advisory committee, leading work to increase the availability of training in addiction psychiatry.