Biographies

Mike Bennett
Regional Executive Director, North West & Midlands Regions

Mike joined PiC in 1988 and has had various clinical and managerial roles during this time.

He returned to his native North West region in 1998 to commission and develop The Spinney, which was one of the organisations new facilities in the region at that time.

He has overseen significant financial investment in the region as the company has developed services to meet local need.

His inclusive style has forged partnerships with colleagues and services within both the public and independent sector, providing representation on workforce development groups and the regions secure catchment group.

Since 2006 Mike has been the regional lead for the North West region and most recently he has taken over the regional lead for the Midlands Region, identifying further care pathways.

Dr Pete Snowden
Medical Director

Pete studied medicine at the University of Liverpool. After degrees in biochemistry and medicine he went on to train in psychiatry and then forensic psychiatry.

His first consultant post was in Salford, Manchester where he worked as a forensic consultant in a medium secure unit for 17 years, and in the latter years was Medical Director. In the late 1990s he was appointed to the Advisory Board on Restricted Patients, by the Home Office Minister. In 2000 he moved to Ashworth Hospital as Clinical Director to lead a recovery strategy for the PD service there, which was the subject of the Fallon Inquiry. During this period he was the clinical lead for the Department of Health project which resulted in the publication of Personality Disorder: no longer a diagnosis of exclusion. Between 2004 and 2006 he was employed as an Associate Director at the National Clinical Advisory Service, a division of the National Patient Safety Agency.

Over the years Pete has held a number of positions in the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and was the nationally elected chair of the Forensic Psychiatry Faculty. In 2006 he was appointed as Associate Registrar to lead the development of the Psychiatrists Support Service.

Pete joined Partnerships in Care in the Midlands in 2008 where he took up the post of Medical Director and Clinical Governance Lead. In 2010 he was appointed to the Quality Network Advisory Group for a three year term.

Pete has continued to publish in learned journals and in contributions to chapters in textbooks of Forensic Psychiatry.

John Chapman
Director of Operations

John was a civil servant with the Department of Health for 22 years before joining the Special Hospitals Service Authority. He then became Director of Corporate Planning at Rampton Special Hospital. Immediately before joining PiC in 2004 he was self-employed running a small business and consultancy services for the NHS.

John is a member of the PiC Midlands Senior Management Team and has responsibility within PiC Midlands for estate management, hotel services, security and risk, including Health and Safety.