Dr Ben Akande
Dr Ben Akande is an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist who works with Exemplar Health Care, providing specialist psychiatric advice and guidance to colleagues across several of our care homes.
With more than 27 years of clinical experience, Ben provides advice and support to colleagues caring for adults living with complex needs and behaviours of concern.
Working alongside our Behaviour Support Team, Ben supports our internal referral and triage process, provides specialist consultation clinics, and contributes to project-based work.
Through remote consultations and external appointments, he helps colleagues access expert psychiatric advice and guidance when required.
Ben brings extensive clinical and leadership experience from both the NHS and independent sector, with expertise spanning adult and older adult mental health, neuropsychiatry, rehabilitation and precision medicine.
He’s also held senior leadership positions, including Clinical Director in the NHS and Group Medical Director in the independent sector.
Experience and expertise
Every member of our leadership team has a different story to tell. Discover more about the achievements and knowledge Dr Ben brings to Exemplar Health Care.
- MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- MSc – Master of Science
- MBA – Master of Business Administration
- FRCPsych – Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- CCST – Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training
- PgCert (Genomic Medicine) – Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine
- Adult mental health
- Older adult mental health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Rehabilitation psychiatry
- Genomic medicine
- Pharmacogenomics
- Positive behaviour support