Eleanor Brewster - Medical Director (Scotland)

Eleanor Brewster is a Consultant in Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities. She has been a consultant since 2009, and has worked as a consultant within NHS services and more latterly the independent sector.

Dr Brewster has worked with individuals with learning disabilities in inpatient and community settings, and with individuals with learning disabilities with co-existing mental health, forensic issues, autism, or who present with behaviour that challenges.

She has worked in a number of management and leadership positions over her career, and is the Medical Director for Cygnet Services in Scotland.

Dr Brewster is passionate about high quality, patient-centred care, and working towards best support enabling them to achieve their full potential.

Dr Michelle Carr - Regional Lead Psychologist for Scotland

Dr Michelle Carr qualified as a psychologist in 2013 and since this time she has spent her career dedicated to the care and support of individuals residing in prison and hospital environments within the UK and New Zealand.

Michelle is currently employed as the Regional Lead Psychologist for Scotland and within this role she is responsible for the strategic approach and implementation of psychological services across the country.

Within her career, Michelle has developed specific expertise in the realm of trauma informed assessment and treatment as well as the use of psychometric and outcome measures in order to measure effects and change of psychological intervention. With particular interests in the area of personality, risk and compassion focussed approaches, she has published a number of articles and book chapters relating to these areas of forensic psychology.

Michelle also provides specialist guest lectures for postgraduate psychology courses around the UK and continues to provide expert witness testimony in parole hearings and criminal court cases.

Fabian Haut - Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Haut completed his psychiatric training in England and Scotland. He has a CCST in the Psychiatry of Learning Disability and General Adult Psychiatry. Dr Haut worked as NHS consultant psychiatrist from 2001 to 2019. He has experience in inpatient, day patient and community settings including forensic settings and is trained in the assessment and treatment of people on the autistic spectrum. He has an interest in psychiatric education at both under and postgraduate level and continues with input as senior clinical teacher at the University of Dundee medical school.

Dr Haut has an interest in research and has published over 30 papers and four book chapters. He is a medical member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and a Designated Medical Professional, providing second opinions on treatment.

Xophie McAllister - Speech and Language Therapist

Xophie McAllister, Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), trained at the University of Sheffield, before starting her career in Southampton, Hampshire. In 2015, she moved to Scotland to work for NHS Tayside before starting her role with Cygnet Group in 2022.

She has worked with both children and adults, supporting those with speech, language and communication needs as well as supporting people with eating and drinking difficulties. She gained her post graduate dysphagia qualification in 2018.

Some of Xophie’s roles at Cygnet include supporting the communication and eating and drinking needs for those within Cygnet’s Scottish hospital as well as working with the Social Care sites for Cygnet supporting the residents who have eating and drinking needs.

She also supports the Scottish SLT Team ensuring that the individuals they support have appropriate communication supports in place and that staff have high quality training on the communication needs of the patients and residents.