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National Mental Capacity Forum: Chair’s annual reports
Annual reports by the chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum.
Annual reports of the Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum, covering Forum’s work and list of members over the year, and the Chair’s priorities for the coming year.
The list below shows the current forum members:
- Dr Margaret Flynn – Chair
- Sally Burlington – Chief Executive (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services)
- Lorraine Currie – Improvement Support Team (ADASS)
- Bill Charles – Retired Judge
- Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) - Barrister
- Professor Keith Brown – Director of the National Centre for Social Work
- Jo Giles – Customer Safeguarding Senior Manager (Cadentgas)
- Chelle Farnan – Safeguarding Clinical Lead (NHS Safeguarding and Special Educational and Disabilities team)
- Professor Wayne Martin – Director of The Essex Autonomy Project
- Sarah White – Head of Policy (Sense)
- Samantha Clark – Chief Executive (Learning Disability England)
- Anna Volkmer – Senior Research Fellow (UCL)
- Rachel Griffiths – Consultant in Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights Law
- Annie Ho – Principal (Inspiring Social Work Ltd)
- Yo Dunn – Strategic Lead (National Autistic Taskforce)
- Martin Sexton – Principal Social Worker
- Professor Ashok Roy – Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Medical Director (Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust)
- Duc Tran -Transformation Programme Manager (Brent Council)
- Ramona Murray – Service Manager (Conwy County Borough)
- Claire Webster – Practice Development Consultant (SCIE)
- Susan Fitzgerald – Adult Safeguarding & LD Nursing Lead
- Piergiacomi, Aurora – Policy Manager (CQC)
- Betsey Lau-Robinson - Head of Safeguarding Adults, Mental Capacity Act & Prevent (University College London Hospital – now retired)
- Dr Yeung – Consultant (University College London Hospital)
- Dr Jonathan Martin – Consultant (University College London Hospital)
- Dr Lucy Series – Associate Professor in Social Care Law and Policy
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Published 11 December 2025