Mental Health Casework Section

Heads of Mental Health Casework Section: Helen Souter and Kathryn Nichol

Emergency out of hours

Call 0300 303 2079 if there is an emergency outside office hours (9:00am-5pm,(9:00am to 5pm, Monday-Friday)

Contacting us

As of 3rd December 2018 all work will be allocated across the section, as it arrives. Patients will no longer be assigned a named case manager according to the patient’s surname. Any casework related e-mails (including to a named member of staff) should be sent to: mhcsmailbox@justice.gov.uk

For all general casework queries please contact 02078205900.

To urgently request recall please contact: 020 8253 4725

These numbers will be covered at all times between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

If you do experience difficulties with making contact by telephone you may call the Ministry of Justice switchboard: 020 3334 3555

Reason for contact	Email address
Conditional Discharge Reports	mhcsmailbox@justice.gov.uk
Tribunal Reports	MHCS.TribunalCorrespondence@justice.gov.uk
Prison Transfers	prison.transfers@justice.gov.uk
Subject Access Requests, Training, Open sessions, bulk transfers, Freedom of Information requests	mhcscpst@justice.gov.uk
General enquiries	public_enquiry.mhu@justice.gov.uk
Hospital orders	MHCSCorrespondence@justice.gov.uk

Escalating concerns or queries

Seeking urgent attention for a prison transfer:

• Kingsley Akpobasah (kingsley.akpobasah@justice.gov.uk)
• Gopalan Srinivasan (Gopalan.Srinivasan@justice.gov.uk)
• Sam Darnell Sam.Darnell@justice.gov.uk

Any enquiries on under 19 year olds:

• Kingsley Akpobasah (kingsley.akpobasah@justice.gov.uk)
• Gopalan Srinivasan (Gopalan.Srinivasan@justice.gov.uk)
• Sam Darnell Sam.Darnell@justice.gov.uk.

If you need to contact a manager (for example if contact via the general email addresses has not been successful, you wish to make a complaint, or you have a complex situation that needs to be escalated):

Team managers

• Mike Turner (michael.turner7@justice.gov.uk)
• Lyndel Grover (lyndel.grover@justice.gov.uk)
• Geraldine Marsh and Mike Turner (geraldine.marsh@justice.gov.ukjobshare.turner-marsh@justice.gov.uk)

Deputy Heads of Casework

• Christina Clark (christina.clark1@justice.gov.uk)
• Brenda Campos (Brenda.Campos@justice.gov.uk)
• Richard Modelly (richard.modelly01@justice.gov.uk)
• ChristopherLara BinnsTemple christopher.binns2@justice.gov.uk(Lara.Temple@justice.gov.uk )

Head of Extremism

• Milly Walpole Milly.Walpole@justice.gov.uk

Heads of Casework

• James Peck (james.peck@justice.gov.uk)
• Shan Maraj Shan.Maraj1@justice.gov.uk
• Angie Munley (angela.munley@justice.gov.uk)