Clinical Directors
Dr Cathy Lavelle, CAMHS Clinical Director
Cathy joined the Trust in 2001 as a consultant child psychiatrist in Newham CAMHS. After 10 years she moved to a post at the Coborn Centre and then 5 years later moved to B&L CAMHS as ACD before taking the CD role for ELFT children's services in 2019, including the CAMHS services across the Trust and SCYPS in Newham.
In 2020, Cathy was appointed as Clinical Director for the NCEL CAMHS provider collaborative which commissions in-patient provision for adolescents across NCEL.
In 2023 she was promoted to Medical Director for Children's Services and the CAMHS collaborative. In April 2024 the medical director role for the Perinatal Provider Collaborative for NCEL was added to her portfolio.
Cathy also has a small role as a member of the national Clinical Reference Group for CAMHS in-patients for NHSE and as the lead for the Clinical leadership group for the NEL CYP MHLDA collaborative.