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Dr Mark Griffiths

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Responsibilities at LHCH

  • Clinical  & Professional Lead for Psychology 
  • Head of Psychology Services

Area of Practice        

  • Clinical Health Psychology & Clinical Neuropsychology 

Special Clinical Interests

  • Psychological rehabilitation and support in Physical health
  • Neuropsychology & Neuropsychological rehabilitation (particularly in stroke)
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation
  • Long Covid Rehabilitation
  • Clinical management of complex, persistent & medically unexplained symptoms
  • Pain management 

Research Interests

  • Clinical innovations (from a psychological perspective) in:
    • Stroke neuropsychological rehabilitation
    • Cardiac and Respiratory rehabilitation
    • Long Covid rehabilitation
    • Multiple needs care
    • Complex and persistent medical complaints/ Medically unexplained symptoms

Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies

  • HCPC
  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
    • BPS Division of Clinical Psychology
    • BPS Division of Neuropsychology
    • BPS DCP Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology
  • Community Rehabilitation Alliance
  • British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (BACPR)
  • ACP-UK
    • Co-Chair, Clinical Health Psychology Network
    • Co-Chair, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Group
  • Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party (BPS rep)

Why choose LHCH?

  • Reputation for compassionate care and clinical excellence; and the strong background in clinical innovation to improve patient care and support

Training and Education 

  • BA Psychology – 1996
  • MSc Applied Psychology – 1998
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - 2002

About Dr Griffiths

Mark began his clinical career in 1998 and has a long history of working within the areas of clinical health psychology and clinical neuropsychology. Since doctoral completion in 2002, Mark’s career has seen him working across a variety of clinical areas, including the following:

  • Stroke & dementia rehabilitation
  • Brain injury rehabilitation
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Pain management
  • Medically unexplained symptoms management
  • Chronic illness & long-term physical condition care: including across cardiac and cardiovascular disease, respiratory and long covid disease, diabetes, renal disease, medically unexplained symptoms and other clinical specialties 

Mark has a long track record of clinical service innovation and of developing and leading specialist hospital and community services; and also, of supporting clinical pathway re-design and improvement (at regional and national levels).

He joined Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in January 2020 as the Consultant Lead for Psychology Services.

Publications   

  • Assessment and management of recurrent abdominal pain in the emergency department, Dec 2019; Emergency Medicine Journal (BMJ)
  • Creating Better Mental Health Pathways: The Aintree A&E Medical Psychology Service Model, Mar 2018; Liverpool Waves of Hope
  • A qualitative evaluation of patient experiences when diagnosed with oral cancer recurrence, Aug 2008; Cancer Nursing/ Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkin