Harrison Carnegie - Hospital Manager

Harrison has been working in the Health Care Sector since 2011. He has worked in a variety of roles including as part of therapy teams, nursing teams, in clinical nurse specialist roles, and senior management. He has a passion for service development and has experience working nationally developing service lines such as, secure services, inpatient rehabilitation, acute, PICU and personality disorder.

Harrison has a BSc 1st class Hons degree in Adult Nursing and in 2021 achieved an MSc level independent and supplementary prescribing qualification from Kings College London University. Harrison was Hospital Manager at Cygnet Lodge Lewisham before being appointed Hospital Manager at Cygnet Hospital Churchill, in 2024.

Nnennaya Aitalegbe - Clinical Services Manager

Nena is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with a good knowledge of inpatients and community care within the independent sector and with Local Authorities. She is skilled in establishing new services, quality improvement and contract servicing with both internal and external stakeholders. She has been working in the Health and Social Care sector, in various roles, for 15 years.

Nena joined the team at Cygnet Hospital Maidstone where she worked on the female personality disorder ward and on the male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). She then went on to manage the PICU at Cygnet Hospital Godden Green, where she played a significant role in bringing about transformational changes to patients’ quality of care. She has a great desire to achieve exceptional care standards and committed to enhancing patients’ experience of care.

Nena takes pride in empowering and supporting colleagues in their personal and professional career development. She is assertive, resilient and passionate about staff well-being because she believes they are the drivers behind patients’ safety and overall care.

She is a strong professional with Master’s degree in Mental Health Nursing and Post Graduate Certificate in Dual Diagnosis (Mental Health and Substance Misuse) from University of Essex and Middlesex University respectively.

Alfred Santos - General Manager

Alfred started his career with Cygnet Churchill in 2020 as a honourary Assistant Psychologist (AP). He initially trained in one of the acute wards, Juniper Court. He was later offered a permanent post as Assistant Psychologist and worked in the rehabilitation wards of the hospital. In July 2022, he transferred to the Mental Health Act (MHA) team where he managed MHA and Mental Capacity Act (MCA) statutory compliance for the hospital.

In 2023, he was promoted to Head of Administration responsible in overseeing HR, Finance, Site Learning, Medical Secretaries, and the MHA organising the team into a structured department. In 2024, Alfred was appointed as General Manager with responsibility on all the non-clinical operations of the hospital. Alfred is currently the local Caldicott Guardian of the hospital responsible for Information Governance.

Alfred completed his MBA in International Business from Cardiff Metropolitan University and MSc in Psychology (with Merit) from the University of East London.

Dr Omer Malik - Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director

Dr. Malik completed his psychiatry post graduate training in U.K, predominantly based in inner city London hospitals. His core training was predominantly at South London and Maudsley NHS trust, following which he pursued his higher training at East London NHS foundation trust.

As a core trainee, he won 2 audit awards in Lancashire Care NHS trust. Thereafter as a higher trainee, he was awarded Health Education North Central and East London (HENCEL), Commendable Trainee of the year award, was also the Higher Trainee Representative and had organised a 3 year teaching programme for the higher trainees based at East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr. Malik is the Academic Lead for London and South Cygnet Region CPD doctors programme, whereby he has organised a 3 year CPD programme with external speakers and trying to improve teaching using evidence based medicine, Movie and Culture clubs. Dr. Malik is part of Quality Improvement team at Cygnet, having had an experience of being involved as one of the contributors to the 1st Annual Quality Improvement report for East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr. Malik has been a Medical Director for Cygnet Churchill hospital for last 3 years or so. His vision is to work towards progressing Cygnet Churchill to a teaching hospital and to embrace and embed new evidence based innovations into daily practice to improve patient care.

Dr. Malik is passionate about movies, travelling, sports particularly cricket and has organised charity events in UK.

Dr Ewa Okon Rocha - Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Ewa, is a consultant adult psychiatrist of one of the male general adult acute admissions wards at Cygnet Churchill. Since 2012, Dr Ewa has worked at the Limb Reconstruction Orthopaedic and Chronic Facial Pain Clinic at King’s College Hospital/South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Prior to her appointment on the acute admissions ward she was a consultant psychiatrist on a High Dependency Male Rehabilitation at Cygnet Churchill.

Dr Ewa is an experienced medic who has experience in Community Adult Psychiatry in West Kent and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust. She has experience working as a consultant in an admission Triage Unit, with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Ewa’s experience extends to working as a liaison consultant for East London NHS Trust where she worked in the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Department. In addition, Dr Ewa gained experience in Addictions when working for the Drug and Alcohol Community and Detoxification Unit in Kent, when working for West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust.

Dr Ewa’s primary qualification, is an equivalent of a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree, from the University of Lublin, Poland, achieved in 1995. In 2004, she obtained a degree of Master of Science in Mental Health Studies, MSC with a distinction at King’s College London. In 2005, she became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and in 2011, received a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in General Adult Psychiatry with endorsements in Rehabilitation Psychiatry and Liaison Psychiatry. Dr Ewa has been providing psychiatric reports to the criminal and civil courts since 2017.

Karin Dicander - Clinical Psychologist

Karin joined Cygnet Churchill in 2020 as a Clinical Psychologist and was appointed Head of Psychology in 2022.

She has experience from working with individuals across the lifespan with a variety of clinical presentations across both public- and private mental settings, including mental health triage and crisis, assertive outreach and suicide prevention as well as private practice.

Karin is passionate about delivering a strengths-based, collaborative and person-centred approach to psychological assessment and treatment, whereby the service user is placed at the forefront of their recovery. In her work at Churchill, she adopts an integrative approach to therapy tailored to the individual needs of the service user, drawing primarily on evidence-based psychological approaches including cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness and trauma-informed care.

Emma Hahn - Head of Occupational Therapy

Emma achieved a first-class honors degree in Occupational Therapy and joined Cygnet Health Care in 2019. She started her career with the company in the north of England on a high-dependency rehabilitation ward. Emma moved back to London in 2022 as the senior Occupational therapist at Churchill and was appointed Head of Occupational Therapy in 2024.

The Occupational Therapy team at Churchill won OT Team of the Year in 2022. The team strives to improve service users' daily living skills placing a large focus on developing people's vocational skills, this was recognized by CQC having identified our therapeutic earning program as an outstanding practice in 2022.

Emma enjoys supporting service users through the discharge pathway by working closely with healthcare professionals, family members, and community organisations.

Peter Fornah - Ward Manager

Peter has 28 had years’ experience of working in mental health nursing both in the NHS as well as in the private health care sector, 22 years of which have been in various managerial capacities at various hospitals and clinical settings. Peter has experience of working in forensic mental health nursing (both medium and low secure settings), acute mental health nursing, psychiatric rehabilitation and neuropsychiatric and brain injury service. This experience has given Peter invaluable asset not only in the care and management of different clients groups, but also in the management of different clinical teams to ensure the delivery of clinically effective nursing practices.

Peter possesses good interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills and the ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial internal and external relationships. Peter enjoys being part of, as well as managing, motivating and training, successful and productive teams, and he thrives in highly stressful and challenging mental health care environments. Peter has a good knowledge of the private health care sector as well as the NHS and subscribes to the need of working harmoniously, collaboratively and constructively in the dynamic and changing health care environment.

Peter currently works as Head of Care at Cygnet Churchill. He joined Churchill in 2016 as ward manager on Juniper Court which was a rehabilitation ward. In May 2019, Juniper Court was retooled to a male acute admission ward. Peter worked collaboratively with Juniper MDT as well as other MDTs within Churchill and Cygnet Health Care Commercial Team in managing the change from a rehabilitation ward to male acute ward. Peter has also worked both on Mulberry Court and Maple Court as ward manager.

Catherine Green - Ward Manager

Catherine joined Cygnet Churchill in June 2024 as Mulberry Ward manager.

She was awarded 1st Class Honours Degree in Nursing Mental Health from The University of Lincoln then went on to achieve Msc In Leadership and Management from The University of Sunderland.

Catherine has previously worked in different settings, including Acute/PICU/Forensics/Learning Disability and now Rehabilitation.

She is keen in creating an enabling environment which creates opportunities and better outcomes for everyone.

Richard Jones - Juniper Court Ward Manager

Richard has dedicated his adult life to working in mental health services. He has a vast experience of working in a variety of roles within the NHS and independent sector. His experience includes volunteering as a Freedom to Speak up Ambassador.

Richard is a skilled RMN and passionate strategic nurse leader, working with individuals with complex mental health needs. He has gained extensive knowledge and proficient clinical skills working in adult inpatient as well as community services.

Richard continually aspires for better quality of mental health provisions for those who need it. His team strives to foster a compassionate culture that in essence relates to improving the consistency and quality of experience for the people we care for.

Richard holds a lead role in reducing restrictive practice whilst effectively managing Juniper Court acute service, leading the team in providing high-quality person-centred nursing care.

Titilayo Jackson - Head of Hotel Services

Tity joined Churchill in 2013. Prior to this, she worked for Contract Caterers Russell & Brand, Bateman Catering and ISS Mediclean at the Maudsley & Bethlem NHS trust from 1991 to 2005. She then went on to work directly for South London & Maudsley NHS Trust at Lambeth Hospital in South West London in 2005.

Tity’s original background training was in Media Studies but with a deep passion for cooking and all areas of hospitality, she has followed this path for close to 30 years working in different positions within the Catering Department.

She manages the Catering and Housekeeping departments here at the Churchill. Her focus is to improve people’s negative opinion of hospital food and housekeeping by working with her Hotel Services team to provide a high standard of service for the patients, staff and visitors.

She is currently working on her project based on innovation to services to round up her diploma in the Cygnet- sponsored CMI Level 5 Leadership and Management Course.