The document provides information about the South London & South East Hub of the Mental Health Research Network (MHRN). It summarizes that the MHRN supports mental health research across the NHS in England to improve patient care and services. Specifically, the South London & South East Hub supports studies across six mental health trusts serving a population of 6.5 million people. It assists researchers with various aspects of conducting studies such as obtaining approvals and recruiting participants.

1. An Introduction to the
SOUTH LONDON &
SOUTH EAST HUB
www.mhrn.info
slsehub@kcl.ac.uk - 020 7848 5015
“We support research across
South London and the South East
building on knowledge to
improve patient care and
mental health services”
The Mental Health Research Network is part of the NIHR
Clinical Research Network, which supports research
to make patients, and the NHS, better.

2. ►About the MHRN
The Mental Health Research Network is part of the National
Institute for Health Research and our mission is to help make
research about mental health happen within the NHS in
England.
We work with everyone who needs to be involved in research
projects – researchers, mental health professionals, people with
experience of mental health problems, their families, and research
and development staff based in NHS trusts. We support studies
that are based within mental health services, within social care
services and within primary care services.
We support randomised controlled trials, service evaluations,
qualitative studies, epidemiological research, genetic research and
e-science studies. We support multi-centre and multi-site projects
as well as small single-site pilot studies.
We support both publicly-funded research studies and projects
that are sponsored by industry.
►Benefits of using the MHRN
If you run a project on the MHRN you can:
■ Obtain assistance with contractual and financial arrangements
■ Obtain advice and support for obtaining COREC approval, R&D
approvals and trust honorary contracts
■ Have access to Clinical Studies Officers who will
ensure the streamlined recruitment of participants
■ Gain access to a secure web-based data entry system - can enter
study data on to a central database from workstations located
around the country
■ Benefit from the fact that recruitment objectives will be
monitored closely throughout project
■ Obtain assistance with publicity

3. ►About the South London & South East Hub
The South London & South East Hub supports a large number
of studies across six Mental Health Trusts namely South London
& Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, South West London and St.
Georges Mental Health NHS Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust,
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey and Boarders
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Kent and Medway
Partnership and Social Care Trust.
While the majority of our projects are running within
secondary care (both in and out-patients), we also support
primary and social care studies. A growing part of our work
involves working with industry on pharmaceutical trials.
Activities we support range from scoping exercises to
questionnaire based studies, up to multicenter RCT’s.
Areas of research include; adult mental health, children and
adolescents, developmental disorders and addictions, and fit
within the framework of the Clinical Academic Groups created
by King’s Health Partners.
The involvement of service users and carers in research is an
important aim in the work of the MHRN.
There are also opportunities within the hub for service users and
carers to
attend training
courses, focus
groups and get
involved with
the hub
management
committee as
well as
becoming a
member of the
FAST-R service.

4. ►The Hub Area
The SL&SE Hub is based at the Institute of Psychiatry and covers an
area with a population of 6.5 million. It is affiliated with the
following NHS Trusts as well as a number of Primary Care Trusts
and Service User and Carer Groups:
■ South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
■ Oxleas NHS Trust
■ South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
■ Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
■ Surrey & Borders Partnership Trust
■ Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
Each trust has a member of staff representing the trust on the
South London & South East Management Committee who meet
quarterly. They also have members of MHRN staff based in their
local offices working on the portfolio of studies
►Local Contacts
■ South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Institute of Psychiatry,
King’s College London
16 De Crespigny Park
London
SE5 8AF
Tel: 020 7848 5015
R&D Contact: Gill Dale and Jennifer Leibescher
■ Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
R&D Office and Knowledge Services
Quality and Audit Team
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Pinewood House, Pinewood Place
Dartford, Kent
DA2 7WG
Tel: 01322 625 049
R&D Contact: Anthony Davis and Jazz Thind

5. ■ South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
c/o Section of Mental Health, PHSE Division
St George’s, University of London
Cranmer Terrace
London
SW17 0RE
Tel: 020 3513 6420
R&D Contact: Enitan Eboda and Dr Niruj Agrawal
■ Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Research & Development Dept.
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
35 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4AX
Tel: 01732 520 400
R&D Contact:
■ Surrey & Borders Partnership Trust
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust
The Ridgewood Centre
Old Bisley Road
Frimley, Surrey
GU16 9QE
Tel: 01932 722 874
R&D Contact: Dorrie Mystris and Elaine Alves
■ Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
R1.13 Sussex Education Centre
Mill View Hospital Site
Hove BN3 7HZ
Tel: 01273 265 896
R&D Contact: Mark Hayward and Tanya Telling

6. ►South London & South East Hub Management
Committee Members
The MHRN Management Committee meets on a quarterly basis
to discuss on going issues impacting on the work of the MHRN,
plan for upcomming changes and discuss achievements made by
the Hub. The committee is made up of representatives from all the
trusts covered by the Hub, clincial speciailists as well members of
the PPI community (Patient and Public Involvement).
Anthony Davies R&D Oxleas
Belinda Trengove-Jones Hub Manager (Maternity Cover)
Bryan Hobgen R&D Sussex
Dorrie Mystris R&D Surrey and Borders
Elaine Alves R&D Surrey and Borders
Enitan Eboda R&D South West London
Gill Dale R&D SLaM
Henk Permentier Primary Care Lead
Jazz Thind R&D Oxleas
Jennifer Liebscher R&D SLaM
Mark Hayward R&D Sussex
Nick Hervey Social Care Lead
Niruj Agrawal Deputy Hub Lead
Patricia Ronan R&D Kent
Tom Craig Hub Lead
Roger Baxter Service User Representative
Roger Oliver Carer Representative
Megan Rees PPI Coordinator
Sheri Oduola Assistant Hub Manager
►Some of the Hubs Associated Organisations

7. Management & Support Staff
Hub Manager (Maternity cover for Elizabeth Hutt) 020 7848 0691
Belinda Trengove-Jones belinda.trengove-jones@kcl.ac.uk
Assistant Hub Manager 020 7848 0688
Sheri Oduola sheri.oduola@kcl.ac.uk
Administrator 020 7848 5015
Stu Morris stuart.morris@kcl.ac.uk
e-Science Officer 020 7848 0610
Stella Dansu stella.dansu@kcl.ac.uk
PPI Coordinator 020 7848 5015 / 020 3312 9837
Megan Rees ppi-board@kcl.ac.uk
Research Staff
SLaM 020 7848 5015
Adil Sami adil.sami@kcl.ac.uk
Amy McLachlan amy.mclachlan@kcl.ac.uk
Charlotte Collins charlotte.collins@kcl.ac.uk
Emma Walton* emma.walton@slam.nhs.uk
Lorraine Omari-Asor lorraine.oamri-asor@kcl.ac.uk
Mary-Jo Doyle mary-jo.doyle@kcl.ac.uk
Michael Kelly michael.m.kelly@kcl.ac.uk
Mohamed Pujeh mohamed.pujeh@kcl.ac.uk
Natalie Carter natalie.carter@kcl.ac.uk
Victor Dangare* victor.dangare@slam.nhs.uk
Kent & Medway 07768 386015 / 07827 872 103
Amy Hammond amy.hammond@nhs.net
Imogen Bennetto imogen.bennetto@nhs.net
Sarah Dickens sarah.dickens@nhs.net
*Research Nurses Seconded 2 Days A Week to work in SLaM
Oxleas 01322 625 049
Gus Musa augustine.musa@oxleas.nhs.uk
Hannah Kelly hannah.kelly@nhs.net
Surrey & Borders 01932 722 874
Emily Williams emily.williams@sabp.nhs.uk
Nikkita Osiadacz nikkita.osiadacz@sabp.nhs.uk
South West London & St Georges 020 3513 6420
Andra Cosma andra.cosma@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk
Praveen Macherla praveen.macherla@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk
Anna Weller anna.weller@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk
Sussex 01273 265 896
Adam Baxter adam.baxter@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Philippa Case philippa.case@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Sally Skipper sally.skipper@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Serena Gregory serena.gregory@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Yvette Lycett yvette.lycett@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

8. Contact Us
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MHRN South London & South East Hub
Institute of Psychiatry, PO39
16 De Crespigny Park
LONDON
SE5 8AF
Tel. 020 7848 5015
Fax. 0207 848 0226
Email. slsehub@kcl.ac.uk
Produced by the South London & South East Hub - January 2013
Information was accurate at time of printing