Lord Patel

Home ›
Lord Patel's picture

Personal information

Title
Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE - (Kamlesh K. Patel)
About

Lord Patel has over 20 years of experience in the health and social care field as a practitioner, manager, policy maker and an academic. He is particularly known for his work with communities across a range of issues including mental health, drug and alcohol use, health and social care, community cohesion, crime and regeneration.



During his career he has successfully established a number of innovative mainstream and ethnically specific field and residential substance use and mental health services. He has also undertaken a wide range of regional, national and international action research projects, consultancies and evaluations.



Lord Patel’s work is trademarked by his insistence that the process of research should benefit the community or organisation that is the subject of the research.  To this end, he has developed a series of acclaimed projects based on models of community engagement and organisational change which have influenced government policy on health, social care and community cohesion. He lectures, advises and publishes widely on his work.



His excellent networking skills, sound business acumen, a sense of social responsibility combined with his ability to identify gaps in health and social care service provision has led to the establishment of a range of successful ventures.



Strong leadership qualities have led Lord Patel to be asked to lead and chair a number of national government initiatives.



He was created a Life Peer June 2006 (Baron Patel of Bradford).



In 1998 Lord Patel established the Centre for Ethnicity & Health at the University of Central Lancashire with only limited funds. Within the last 10 years the Centre has became the largest research institute on ethnicity and health in the UK and employs over 50 staff including 12 internationally recognised Professors. The Centre has gained a national and international reputation for its work in addressing inequality in the health, criminal justice and social care fields. The Centre also established two years ago, the Institute for Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health. Current national projects include work with the Home Office, New Scotland Yard, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health and international work on behalf of UNICEF and World Vision.



The success of the Centre has led to the recent announcement of the establishment of a new pan-university school; International School of Communities, Rights and Inclusion, which will merge several Institutes and Centres (Centre for Ethnicity & Health, Centre for Professional Ethics, Centre for Volunteering and Social Action, Islamic Studies, Institute for Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health, ENGAGE a social enterprise programme, the Institute of Public Leadership and Management).



Lord Patel is currently a board member of a number of regional and national agencies in the mental health and substance use fields, serving as a non-executive member and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse; and has served the Mental Health Act Commission since 1995 culminating in his appointment as Chairman in 2002.



Lord Patel has just been appointed by the Prime Minister to act as a Ministerial Advisor to the Secretary of State (Department Communities and Local Government) in respect of the governments PREVENT agenda (Preventing Violent Extremism); as well as being appointed as Chairman of a new taskforce undertaking a national review of prison drug treatment.



CURRENT APPOINTMENTS



  • Head of Centre for Ethnicity and Health and the Institute for Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health
  • Shadow Head of International School of Communities, Rights and Inclusion
  • Chairman, Mental Health Act Commission
  • Ministerial Advisor to the Secretary of State DCLG
  • Chairman National Prison Drug Treatment Review Group
  • Non-executive board member & Chairman of Audit & Risk Committee, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
  • Trustee & Commissioner of the UK Drug Policy Commission
  • UK Member of UNICEF’s Global Task Force on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
  • Vice Chair of All Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health
  • Patron: National Men’s Health Forum
  • Patron: Sharing Voices
  • Patron: The Bridge Project
  • President: Bradford Magistrates Chaplaincy Service





RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS




Since 1998 Lord Patel has successfully acquired over £15 million in grants and research awards and overseen several hundred research and consultancy projects




PUBLICATIONS




Since 1998 he has publish over 100 research reports, journal articles and book chapters




REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & SEMINAR PAPERS




Since 1990 Lord Patel has been asked to speak and give key note addresses in over 50 Regional, 100 national and over a dozen international conferences.

Equally he is regularly asked to chair national and international conferences.




MEDIA




An average of 12 live radio interviews per year and a number of live TV News appearances, including BBC News and World News 24. Regarded as a ‘leading authority’ in England and Wales on ethnicity & drugs and on issues in relation to mental health. Featured in several prime time TV documentaries.




PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS




Lord Patel has in the past been appointed to a number of national posts, boards and committees, including:




SECRETARY OF STATE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS





  • Member Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
  • Member Home Office’s Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs
  • Member Healthcare Commission (CHAI)
  • National Strategic Director for the National Institute for Mental Health (England)
  • National Director for the Department of Health: Delivering Race Equality in mental health care Programme (DRE)
  • Chairman National DRE Programme Board
  • Vice-Chairman of Mental Health Act Commission
  • Non Executive Board Member of the Mental Health Act Commission




OTHER PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS





  • President British Ethnic Health Foundation
  • Member of the Mental Health Act Commission
  • Member of Department of Health Mental Health Workforce Task Group
  • Non Executive Board and Trustee, DrugScope UK
  • Non Executive Board Member and Trustee, Lifeline UK
  • Non Executive Member of the Men’s Health Forum
  • Member of Commission for Future of Alcohol Services, Alcohol Concern UK
  • Chairman, Project 6 Drugs Charity. Keighley West Yorkshire
  • Member of UK Anti-drug Co-ordination Unit, Strategy Support Group: Communities
  • Non Executive Board Member, The Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (ISDD)
  • Member of Practice and Scientific Advisory Panel of Findings, Journal on evaluations of interventions in the drug and alcohol fields
  • Chairman of Equal Opportunities Panel, The Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence – ISDD
  • Chairman and Founder Member of the National Black Drug Workers Forum London




RELEVANT ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS





  • Diploma in Social Work DipSW
  • Certificate of Qualification in Social Work CQSW
  • Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) 2007 University of Manchester
  • Doctor of Civil Law (Honoris Causa) 2008 University of Huddersfield
  • OBE Awarded Order of British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 1999 for “Services to Ethnic Minority Health Issues”.
  • Awarded Plaque of Recognition by the High Commissioner of India and Chairman of the Committee of Honour for “contributions to the enhancement of human welfare and international understanding” Indian High Commission London, 15 August 1999
  • Awarded title of Professor University of Central Lancashire: 4th October 2001




PREVIOUS RELEVANT APPOINTMENTS





2004–2006 National Strategic Director Department of Health: appointed by Secretary of State for Health
2003–2004 National Strategic Director National Institute for Mental Health England (NIMHE)
1998–1999 Principal Lecturer/Research, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire
1997–1998 Senior Lecturer/Research, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire
1995–1997 Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire
1989-1995 Manager. The Bridge Project (Voluntary Organisation - provision of a range of facilities – day care, residential, training, out-reach and research in area of drugs and mental health)
1987–1989 Specialist Caseworker, Bradford Social Services (Alcohol and Drugs Team)
1983–1987 Generic Social Worker, Bradford Metropolitan Social Services Directorate




OTHER APPOINTMENTS





  • Manager, West Yorkshire Co-op
  • Special Constable, West Yorkshire Police Service
  • Accountant, Swift Employment Services
  • Careers out-reach Officer, Bradford Education Dept
  • Manager, Ladbrokes Turf Accountant
  • Ambulance Man, West Yorkshire Ambulance Service
  • Police Constable, West Yorkshire Police Service
  • Cricket Coach, Yorkshire Cricket Academy


















History

Member for
1 year 17 weeks