Millfields Unit: Unveiling the Factors behind its Closure and Examining the Mechanisms Responsible

Trained in forensic psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry. Between 1995 and 1997 she was an honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry and consultant forensic psychiatrist at Broadmoor Hospital. In November 2003 she set up Millfields Unit at the John Howard Centre in Hackney, East London, which was chosen as one of three national pilot sites for the establishment of a medium-secure inpatient treatment unit for high-risk male offenders suffering from personality disorder. The service achieved evidence-based success in reducing risk and improving psychological well-being during the nearly twenty years of its operation. She was also a member of the London Pathways Partnership Steering Group and of the National Probation Service's London “Stuck Cases” IPP panel. Dr Taylor is currently employed in West London NHS Foundation Trust's Specialist Community Forensic Service

Completed his medical training in Keele University where he trained in the West Midlands. Dr Blake maintains a broad academic interest having presented and published on various topics including personality disorder, neuropsychiatry, medical humanities, and medical education in psychiatry. Prior to Dr Blake's medical training, he worked as a social therapist in the Millfields Unit from 2014 to 2016 which was an adapted therapeutic community, in a medium-secure forensic setting, set up for the treatment of high-risk offenders with personality disorders. Currently, Dr Blake is training in greater Manchester as a core psychiatric trainee beginning in August 2023. He was appointed a board member of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy in June 2024