Shubulade Smith
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Shubulade Smith | |
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| Other names | Lade Smith |
| Alma mater | Guy's Hospital Medical School |
| Occupations | Academic and consultant psychiatrist |
| Known for | Elected the first black President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists |
Shubulade Smith CBE, also known as Lade Smith, is a British academic and consultant psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). She is a senior lecturer at King's College, London and Clinical Director at the NCCMH (National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health) and forensic services at SLaM,[1][2][3][4] and is currently serving as the first black President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists[update].
Smith grew up in Manchester, England. Her close contact with a wide range of families of different class and stature led her to try and better understand human interaction, including violence, physical problems in mental illness, and the effects of antipsychotic drugs.[5][6] She graduated from St Thomas Aquinas High School, Manchester, and entered Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1985, earning her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1991.[7]
Career
Smith joined the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in September 1999 as a consultant psychiatrist.[7] In July 2004, she also became a clinical senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry.[7] In 2017, Smith became Clinical Director for the NCCMH, a collaboration between the Royal College of Psychiatrists and University College London that works to improve mental health services and rectify inequalities in mental health.[8] In February 2020, Smith then also became Clinical Director for forensic services at SLaM.
Currently,[as of?] Smith is also the Clinical and Strategic Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH). In this role, she has designed and developed services to improve the quality of patient care, including The Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults[9] and The Advancing Mental Health Equality Resource.[10]
On 19 January 2023, she was elected the first black President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, winning 54.1% of the vote.[11] She began serving on 11 July 2023.[12]
