Dr Dorothy Frizelle is a Consultant Clinical Health Psychologist and Head of Psychology Services for The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The service delivers psychological consultation, supervision, teaching and clinical interventions to patients and families across a range of medical specialties, including paediatric and adult diabetes, and across community and hospital in-patient and out-patient settings. Her clinical practice area is with adults with diabetes, and she has a particular interest in patient engagement and the interactions between people with diabetes and healthcare professionals, and how these relationships can affect clinical outcomes. She is currently a member of the UK NICE Diabetes Guideline Update Committee.

Dorothy is a Board Member for the UK Association of Clinical Psychologists; she is a past Chair of the Faculty for Clinical Health Psychology, UK and has served on the committee for the past 20 years. She was a member of the British Psychological Society’s working party for End of Life Care, and was a Faculty Member for the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR). Dorothy is a regular reviewer of submitted journal articles related to behavioural aspects of long-term care. She has published articles in several academic journals and abstracts for medical conferences, and regularly undertakes national and international teaching for multidisciplinary team colleagues.