Dr Roger Banks

Dr Roger Banks was appointed as an Associate Non-Executive Director at Combined Healthcare in August 2024. At Combined Healthcare, Roger attends both Quality Committee and People, Culture and Development Committee as an Associate Non-Executive Director and a member of the Trust Board.

Roger is a psychiatrist with 35 years of experience working with people with intellectual disabilities, autistic people and their families. From 2020 to 2023 he was National Clinical Director for Learning Disability and Autism in NHS England.

He is a previous Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Fellow of the Institute of Psychotherapy and Disability. He was also a President of the European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability and is Vice President of ARFIE (Association for Research and Training on Integration in Europe).

Roger will be continuing to work as a consultant to WHO (World Health Organisation) Europe’s QualityRights programme. Additionally, Roger is part of a small team providing training and support in reducing restrictive practices in institutional settings in Slovakia, Bulgaria and other European states, and is a trustee and director of the Association for Psychodynamic Practice and Counselling in Organisational Settings.