Curriculum vitae, Dr Malcolm Bourne

Personal Information:

Name: Dr Malcolm Bourne

Age: 54

Professional Address: ELCAS, Area 3, level 3; Burnley General Hospital; Casterton Avenue; Burnley BB10 2PQ

NHS tel; 01282 803407; medicolegal tel 07956 921281

e-mail:

Qualifications:

B.A. (Hons), Oxford, 1983

M.B., B.S., London, 1987

M.R.C.Psych, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

M.Sc., University of Manchester, 1994

Section 12 training, 2014

Education:

Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, 1972-1979

Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1980-1983

Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, 1983-1987

Manchester University (M.Sc.), 1991-1994

Professional Experience:

(1)National Health Service:

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Blackburn, 2006-present: -

Lead role in Eating Disorders and Autistic Spectrum disorders.

Supervisor of specialist clinic for children who are victims of sexual abuse.

Lead role, Multi agency consultation

Steering group for team working with children who commit sexually harmful behaviour.

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Preston, 1996-2006;

Senior Registrar, Manchester Training Scheme in Child Psychiatry, 1992-1996

Senior House Office/Registrar, North Manchester Training Scheme Psychiatry, 1988-1992

Senior House Officer, Accident & Emergency Department, Whittington Hospital, London, 1988, and part time, Manchester, 1988-1992

(2)Medicolegal/Consultancy

Expert Witness/Expert Reports for Court, solo, 1998-2000

Expert Witness/Expert Reports for Court, Bourne Medicolegal Limited, 2000-present

Around 600Medicolegal Reports, 250 court appearances as Expert Witness

Some private work as Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Bourne Medicolegal Limited/CATT Partnership, 2001-present

(3)Member of and supplier of training to the London PLO Monitoring Group; Consultant to Halliwell Homes, Manchester.

(4)Member of Consortium of Expert Witnesses.

Specific Medicolegal Training:

Bond Solon Course, Excellence in Report Writing

Bond Solon Course, The Courtroom Skills Training

Family Law/Jordan Publishing, Medical Evidence in Child Abuse Cases

Christina Lyon, The Human Rights Act

Further Family Law conferences on Medical Evidence; Child Abuse; The Children Act; Child Care Legislation

Tavistock/Portman Clinic – Attachment and Relational Approach to Child Care Proceedings

ACAMH – Attachment and Attachment Disorders/Development

Areas of Special Expertise

(1)Clinical

Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Factitious illness (also known as “Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy”)

Eating disorders.

Therapy for Sexual Abuse

Sexually Harmful Behaviour in Children

(2)Medicolegal/Consultancy

Psychiatric Reports for Court on Children and Adolescents, Civil and Criminal Cases

Children Act; Human Rights Act

Complex Child Care/Child Placement Issues – Systemic overviewing of complex, multi-professional and multi-agency issues and dynamics, issues around abuse, judging veracity of children’s statements.

Autistic Spectrum children in child care proceedings; children exhibiting sexually harmful behaviour in chlid care proceedings.

Systemic and Organisational Consultancy

Bourne Medicolegal Limited

Since 2000, I have undertaken Medicolegal Work, Private Clinical cases and other Consultancy alongside two experienced colleagues, now under the name of Bourne Medicolegal Limited (formerlyunder the name of “The CATT Partnership”). We work as a small team, with many advantages from taking a multidisciplinary perspective. We also consult to Halliwell Homes, Manchester.

Publications

Academic Publications on Epilepsy; Anti-Depressants; Self Harm; CAMHS Professional Systems.

Plus a number of fictional stories.

Teaching and Training provided

Family Justice Council; Lancaster University; UCLAN;

Blackburn Youth Offending Team

Blackburn-with-Darwen Local Authority

CAMHS across Lancashire

References

Clinical and Medicolegal Referees available.