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Dr Sachin Sankar

Consultant Child Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT)

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OfficeNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), Kettering, NN15 7PWNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is based in Kettering: the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

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Dr Sachin Sankar: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Consultant Child Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative
Organisation
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT)
Organisation based in
Kettering
Quoted on
Mental health
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
10 Sept 2026
First quoted
11 Jun 2026

03  Profile

Who Dr Sachin Sankar is

Dr Sachin Sankar is a Consultant Child Psychiatrist at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), working on The Burrows and The Sett CAMHS inpatient wards. He is also Clinical Lead for the East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative.

The Collaborative brings together NHS CAMHS providers and charity partners across the region, with NHFT as lead provider. He gave oral evidence to the joint Education and Health and Social Care Committees' inquiry into children and young people's mental health on 2 September 2026. There he described a whole-pathway approach and argued that neighbourhood working and partnership models could help unlock joined-up working.

He told the committee that the East Midlands has a high vacancy rate in CAMHS inpatient beds, and that referral waiting times have fallen.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    As Clinical Lead, accepted the national Improving Health Outcomes award for the NHFT-led East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative at the first NHS Excellence Awards (Manchester, 10 June). Source ↗

  2. 02

    Accepted a Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award for the East Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, alongside Simon Harris, Director of New Care Models. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Gave oral evidence on 2 September 2026 to the joint Education and Health and Social Care Committees inquiry into children and young people's mental health. Source ↗

04  The signal · where Dr Sachin Sankar sits on mental health

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One of the voices most often quoted in the press on mental health.

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  1. Professor Peter Fonagy portraitProfessor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)Leading
  2. Dr Sarah Hughes portraitDr Sarah HughesSector leaderChief Executive, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)Leading
  3. Dr Sam JonesClinicianOfficer for Mental Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)Leading
  4. Maggie DaviesClinicianChief Nurse, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustLeading
  5. Dr AClinicianConsultant psychiatristLeading
  6. Dr Sachin Sankar portraitDr Sachin SankarClinicianConsultant Child Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT)Leading
  7. Stephen JonesSector leaderRoyal College of NursingLeading
  8. Prof Nicola Ranger portraitProf Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of NursingLeading

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05  On the record · press

What Dr Sachin Sankar has said

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  • northantstelegraph.co.uk
  • daventryexpress.co.uk
  • mirror.co.uk
  • northamptonchron.co.uk

Where Dr Sachin Sankar has been quoted

  1. Northamptonshire consultant discusses children's mental health in Parliamentary committeenorthamptonchron.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
  2. Northamptonshire consultant discusses children's mental health in Parliamentary committeedaventryexpress.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
  3. Northamptonshire consultant discusses children's mental health in Parliamentary committeenorthantstelegraph.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
  4. Suicide now biggest killer of teens amid warning kids are 'dying on our watch'mirror.co.uk · 2 Sept 2026
  5. National win for NHFT-led CAMHS Collaborative at first NHS Excellence Awardsnorthantstelegraph.co.uk · 11 Jun 2026

How we found the articles that name Dr Sachin Sankar: we searched news for these terms.

  • mental health
  • mental health services
  • CAMHS
  • psychiatric
  • suicide prevention
  • mental health crisis
  • talking therapies
  • IAPT

Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health

Verbatim

“It was an enormous privilege to be invited to give evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee and to get that recognition for the work we have done in NHFT and the East Midlands Alliance to transform CAMHS provision.”
Deputy Medical Director for Children's Services at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Clinical Lead for the East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative · Mental health · northamptonchron.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“It was an enormous privilege to be invited to give evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee and to get that recognition for the work we have done in NHFT and the East Midlands Alliance to transform CAMHS provision.”
Deputy Medical Director for Children's Services at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Clinical Lead for the East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative · Mental health · daventryexpress.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“It was an enormous privilege to be invited to give evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee and to get that recognition for the work we have done in NHFT and the East Midlands Alliance to transform CAMHS provision.”
Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Deputy Medical Director for Children's Services, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Mental health · northantstelegraph.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“Children should have a proper universal assessment to look at where the issue is. And then they should be getting support for that.”
Clinical lead for CAMHS in the East Midlands · Mental health · mirror.co.uk · 2 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“This award is recognition for what is possible when organisations come together with a shared purpose: to deliver the very best care for children and young people with mental health needs.”
Clinical Lead for the East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative · Mental health · northantstelegraph.co.uk · 11 Jun 2026 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. Oral evidence: Children and Young People's Mental Health - UK Parliament. Lists him as Clinical Lead, East Midlands CAMHS Collaborative. His testimony covered the whole-pathway approach, reduced referral waits and CAMHS bed vacancies in the East Midlands.
  2. Children and Young People's Mental Health - Committees - UK Parliament. Confirms his appearance as a witness on 2 September 2026, and the inquiry's scope.
  3. Northamptonshire consultant discusses children's mental health in Parliamentary committee. Establishes his role as Consultant Child Psychiatrist at NHFT's The Burrows and The Sett, and as Clinical Lead for the Collaborative. Also covers his committee evidence on neighbourhood working and partnership models.
  4. National win for NHFT-led CAMHS Collaborative at first NHS Excellence Awards. Confirms the national award win and his role as Clinical Lead. Describes the Collaborative as bringing together NHS and charity partners.
  5. National success for CAMHS collaborative at Health Service Journal Awards. Confirms the HSJ Award. Confirms NHFT as lead provider across Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
  6. NHS England » Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Gives NHFT's registered address (Sudborough House, St Mary's Hospital, London Road, Kettering, NN15 7PW) and website www.nhft.nhs.uk.

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