Dr Dan Hayes is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Bethlem Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. His professional focus is on young people with severe mental illness, particularly early onset psychosis, and the medico-legal aspects of their treatment. He is the CAMHS lead for Mental Health Law at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and actively participates in training and education on the Mental Health Act within the Trust and beyond. Dr Hayes is also a member of the London Section 12 Panel and serves as the joint Training Programme Director for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Maudsley.