Professor
Lord Patel of Bradford OBE
 Currently
University Director of Strategic Partnerships and Senior Advisor to the Vice
Chancellor at the University of East London, Lord Kamlesh Patel is tasked
with creating strategic links between the university and a wide range of
public and private sector organisations regionally, nationally and
internationally; he is also currently leading on a number of regional and
national research and knowledge transfer projects in health, social care
and criminal justice policy and practice.
Lord Patel is also
appointed as Shadow Minister for Communities in the House of Lords.
Until recently Professor
Lord Patel was Head of the International School for Communities, Rights
and Inclusion, University of Central Lancashire. He is internationally renowned for his
work with communities and social cohesion across a range of issues
including mental health, drug and alcohol use, crime and regeneration.
Lord Patel’s work
is distinguished by his insistence that the subject of any research,
whether community groups, individuals or organisations should benefit
from being part of that research. To this end, he has developed a series
of acclaimed projects in mental health, drug use, crime and equality and
diversity based on models of community engagement and organisational
change.
Lord Patel has
been appointed to a number of national boards and committees, including
the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work, the Home
Office’s Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs, the Healthcare
Commission and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse. He
served the Mental Health Act Commission since 1995 culminating in his
appointment as Chairman in 2002 and in 2008 was appointed to the board of
the Care Quality Commission.
Lord Patel has
contributed to a variety of Government policies including being the
architect of the Government’s five year action plan for delivering race
equality in mental health care. In 2007 he was appointed by the Prime
Minister to act as a Ministerial Adviser to the Secretary of State (DCLG)
in respect of the government’s PREVENT agenda (Preventing Violent
Extremism); he is also Chairman of a National Taskforce looking at the
effectiveness of prison drug treatment.
In October 2008
Lord Patel was appointed as Minister in the House of Lords Government’s
Whip’s Office as spokesperson for Communities and Local Government,
Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office and the Attorney General’s
Office. In June 2010 he was
appointed as Shadow Front Bench Minister for Communities in the House of
Lords.
Lord
Patel speaking at our 2010 AGM
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