Christian Hosker is the Lead Clinician for the Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ Liaison Psychiatry Service. He has worked as a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at St James University Hospital, since 2008 and has a special interest in palliative care psychiatry. He is additionally a Senior Honorary Lecturer at Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ University and the Academic Secretary for the Northern and Yorkshire Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
As well as providing general liaison input for patients with a range of medical conditions, his clinical duties include the provision of four sessions of palliative care psychiatry, and the psychiatric element of the Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ Psycho-Oncology Service.
He has had an active role in the British Psycho-Oncology Society Executive Committee since 2009.
He has previously been the associate medical director for mental health legislation within Ä¢¹½tvÊÓƵ Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust and retains a special interest in mental health law.
Other interests include transplant psychiatry and bariatric mental health.