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	Mental Health Law

What We Do Health Mental Health Law

Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE

Chair:
The Rt Hon Bruce Millan
Sheriff Douglas Allan,	Edinburgh
Dr Caroline Blair,	Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Young People's Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Dr David Blaney,	Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education, Lister Postgraduate Institute
Dr Lindsay Burley,	Chief Executive, Borders Health Board
Mr James Connechen,	Director of Nursing, Dumfries & Galloway Community Health Care NHS Trust
Dr James Dyer,	Director and Medical Commissioner of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Mr James Kiddie,	former Convener, Scottish Users' Network
Ms Linda Headland,	Director, ELCAP
Mr Malcolm McEwan,	Head of Social Work, Midlothian Council
Mr Roger Maxwell,	former Chairman of Relatives/Users Action Forum, Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust
Mr Graham Morgan,	Advocacy Development Worker, Highland Users Group, Highland Community Care Forum
Ms Hilary Patrick,	Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Edinburgh
Dr James Strachan,	Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
Dr Maureen Sturrock,	Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust
Mr George Thorley,	Chief Executive, South Ayrshire Council
Ms Mary Weir,	Chief Executive, National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)

Adviser to the Committee -

Dr Anne Douglas, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust

We were appointed on 22 February 1999 with membership as above.

Dr Caroline Blair

We were shocked by the tragic death in a car accident in February 2000 of one of our members, Dr Caroline Blair. Caroline had not only brought to the Committee a special expertise in areas of mental health affecting young people but also an enthusiastic commitment to our work generally. Her contributions to our discussions justice towards those affected by mental health problems. We were greatly saddened were marked by a strong sense of humanity and of natural by her death.

Dr Anne Douglas subsequently accepted our invitation to assist the Committee and she has made a significant contribution to our work in her field of clinical psychology and more widely, for which we are very grateful.

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