GMC Number: 4713706
Dr Harneet Hundal is a senior consultant forensic psychiatrist with 16 years’ experience in psychiatry, including 11 years at consultant level in the National Health Service. She is registered with the General Medical Council (GMC; Reg No 4713706). She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and is approved under the Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act.
Dr Hundal has experience in working across a wide range clinical settings including secure inpatient services, prison, liaison and diversion and community services. Her special interest areas are forensic and community psychiatry.
Dr Hundal currently holds positions at Oxleas NHS FT, where she is the interim Clinical Director for the Forensic Service; consultant lead for Forensic Community Service; consultant lead for Liaison and Diversion service; and consultant lead to substance misuse service in the directorate. She is also the medical lead for psychiatrists and doctors in the Forensic and Offender Healthcare (prison) directorate. In addition, she is the clinical lead for the South London Partnership Forensic Community Pathway.
Dr Hundal is a highly skilled clinician with expertise in assessment, treatment and management of most of the mental health disorders, ranging from mood disorders (depression, bipolar affective disorders), anxiety disorders (including OCD, PTSD and complex PTSD), psychotic disorders, personality disorder and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has expertise in working with people with mental disorders complicated by substance misuse. She aims to provide a holistic care encompassing the interactions between biological, psychological and social aspects.
In her leadership roles, she is focussed on the delivery of quality service. She has contributed to strategy and service development, and has extensive experience of setting up clinical services, including development of ADHD services within prison and physical well-being clinics in the community; and led on liaison and diversion service with multiagency working.
Dr Hundal believes strongly in promoting health and well-being. A key area of her interest is addressing health inequalities that individuals with mental disorders often face. She has led on a Quality Improvement project that involved setting up a physical well-being clinic for her community caseload to promote education on health, positive lifestyle choices and the importance of engaging and complying in management of long-term medical conditions. The clinic also provides annual physical health reviews with close liaison with primary care and medication management. Patient feedback surveys showed that having access to the clinic with a known team improved clients’ engagement, eliminated the initial barriers to accessing healthcare and improved health inequalities. This QI project was presented at the national conference (RCPsych Forensic Faculty Conference in 2022).
Dr Hundal is also an experienced expert witness and has experience of providing psychiatric reports in various legal proceedings and given oral evidence in both crown and magistrates court.
Publications:
- Hundal, H. et al. The effects of cannabidiol on persecutory ideation and anxiety in a high trait paranoid group. J Psychopharmacology. 2018 Mar; 32(3): 276-282.
- Howes, O.D., and Hundal H. Sex hormone augmentation as an adjunctive treatment in schizophrenia. J Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2009 Apr; 29(2): 195-196.