Dr Fergus Law
Dr. Fergus Law BSc, MBChB, FRCPsych is a Consultant in Substance Misuse Psychiatry, employed in the British National Health Service as a Consultant. He has also worked for the major national charity Turning Point (2013-2018). In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists for his contribution to psychiatry in the UK. Dr Law trained in General Psychiatry and obtained a subspecialty endorsement in the treatment of addictions, having previously worked doing addiction research in the Psychopharmacology Unit of the University of Bristol.
Dr Law has sat on several national expert groups advising on treatment guidance, including the National Mental Health Intelligence Network expert reference group on Dual Diagnosis. He has previously been Chair of the South West Consultants in Addiction Psychiatry Forum, and the South West Deputy Regional Representative for the Faculty of Addictions of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.He is a regular speaker at national conferences and training events, including the British Association for Psychopharmacology, the University of the West of England and the South West Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has also been a peer reviewer and associate editor for several academic journals and is currently a Trustee of 2 charities, one of which works with complex trauma and mental health, and the other with addiction issues.