Speakers

Dr Ananta Dave is Chief Medical Officer in the Black Country Integrated Care System and a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist. She was appointed Presidential Lead for Retention and wellbeing at the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) in 2023. She is keenly interested in doctors’ health and wellbeing and is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship in 2019 to study the topic of preventing doctor suicides in the US and implement the learning in the NHS in the UK. Her Fellowship report was published in early 2024 and has been widely welcomed. She is a Trustee of the charity Doctors in Distress which works to prevent suicides in healthcare workers. Dr Dave works regionally and nationally in addressing healthcare inequalities and in developing a diverse & humane leadership culture. She was the first female President of the British Indian Psychiatric Association (BIPA), and provides mentorship and coaching to colleagues through her role in various diaspora health organisations.