Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins

Sheila Clare Hollins, Baroness Hollins, (born 22 June 1946)[1] is a professor of the psychiatry of learning disability at St George's, University of London, and was created a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords on 15 November 2010 taking the title Baroness Hollins, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Grenoside in the County of South Yorkshire.[2][3]

The Right Honourable The Baroness Hollins
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 November 2010 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	22 June 1946
Spouse(s)	Martin Hollins
Children	Abigail Witchalls
Parents	Unknown
Occupation	Professor of the psychiatry of learning disability at St George's, University of London

She was President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 2005 to 2008, succeeded by Dinesh Bhugra.[4] From 2012 to 2013 she was president of the British Medical Association and was formerly chair of the BMA Board of Science.[5] In 2014 Pope Francis appointed her a member of the newly created Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.[6] The Baroness is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for Child Protection and is President of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund.[7]

Personal life

Hollins is married to Martin Hollins. She is the mother of Abigail Witchalls, who was stabbed and left paralysed in 2005,[8] and has a son, Nigel. She is a Roman Catholic.[9]

References

1. "Democracy live". BBC. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
2. "No. 59608". The London Gazette. 18 November 2010. p. 22229.
3. "Professor Sheila Hollins appointed to the House of Lords". St George’s, University of London. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
4. "Update from the President: Professor Sheila Hollins". RCPsych News. Royal College of Psychiatrists. July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
5. "Profile: Sheila Hollins". British Medical Association. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
6. "Pope Names Members of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors". Zenit News Agency. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
7. "Who's who at the RMBF". Retrieved 8 October 2020.
8. "Stab victim mum in Lords". ITV. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
9. Burne, Ciar (20 March 2006). "Catholic weekly 'The Tablet' re-launches". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

External links

• Biography at Parliament.uk
• Watkin, Lucy; Dominic Fannon (2006). "Professor Sheila Hollins". The Psychiatrist. The Royal College of Psychiatrists. 30 (4): 160–1. doi:10.1192/pb.30.4.160.
• Hollins, Sheila (15 April 2007). "Sheila Hollins: Mental health patients deserve a system that is humane, ethical and principled". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 1 December 2010.