Watch the video of The Greater Manchester ICD Support which took place on Thursday 15th October.

Guest speaker: Dr Gillian Fairclough spoke about ‘Psychological Wellbeing and Mental Health Support for People Living with Cardiac Conditions’.

Dr Gillian Fairclough is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for the Long Term Conditions Team within GMMH NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression. Since 2022, the team has been providing evidence-based talking therapies for people living with a range of long term health conditions and the service continues to expand its scope of care. Dr Fairclough has primarily specialised in Clinical Health Psychology since 2012, working across a variety of healthcare settings. Her experience includes delivering integrated psychological care within cardiothoracic transplant, chronic pain, gastroenterology, and oncology services; supporting people to manage the psychological impact of complex and long term physical health conditions.

To keep up to date with future ICD Support Groups, you can sign up here. Anyone with an ICD and their family or carers are welcome.