Jon is a Consultant Psychiatrist, dual trained as a consultant psychotherapist, who works in a large Early Intervention Service in Central Norfolk.  Jon trained at St Andrews and Manchester as an undergraduate and has worked in many places following this including: Wellington (NZ),Edinburgh, and Cambridge. Jon has lived and worked in Norfolk for 10 years and has slowly expanded his role to include being on the Core team of the medical school for the psychiatry teaching, and leading for research within Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust. He is also on the executive for the Norfolk and Suffolk CLRN and helps to facilitate portfolio studies.

Project title: Designing and implementing a Youth Mental Health Service.

The aim of the project was to implement an evidence-based service redesign of the Youth Mental Health Service (YMHS) for Norfolk. The process was through a review of the current literature, then taken forward through an iterative consultative process with local stakeholders, patient groups, commissioners and senior management in the NHS Foundation Trust. Through this  process, an evolving vision and proposed service model was developed which gained widespread agreement and common ownership. Download a briefing document on Designing and Implementing a Youth Mental Health Service.