Clare Taylor
Head of Quality Assurance and Business Development
Clare has worked for the NCCMH since 2003, first as an editor, then as a senior editor, and has been in her current role since 2016. Before joining the NCCMH, Clare was a research editor at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, specialising in literary subjects. Clare’s interest in the mind formed during her literature degrees when she took courses in psychoanalytic theory, and this fused with her long-standing fascination with gender identity and sexuality to form the basis of her D.Phil.
At the NCCMH, Clare edited the NICE clinical guidelines on a range of mental health topics, working closely with patients and carers on ‘Information for the Public’ booklets to accompany the guidelines. From 2016 to 2019, when the NCCMH embarked on a new phase of producing implementation guidance, Clare managed the editorial and research teams developing mental health care pathways for NHS England. Since then, the NCCMH has diversified into many different areas, such as competence framework, evaluations and systematic reviews. Clare continues to oversee the processes and production of a range of high-quality publications.
In addition to her quality assurance role, Clare contributes to the strategic direction of the NCCMH by developing new business opportunities, including guideline adaptation work in Ukraine.
Alongside her NCCMH role, Clare contributes to the leadership of the 网曝黑料’ staff team, and in 2018 formed and co-chaired the College’s Sexuality and Gender Equality and Inclusion Forum.
Key publications
Barnett P, Oshinowo I, Cooper C, Taylor C, Smith S, Pilling S. The association between social class and the impact of treatment for mental health problems: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2023;58:581-603. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02378-9.
Smith S, Gate R, Ariyo K, Saunders R, Taylor C, Bhui K, et al. Reasons behind the rising rate of involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act (1983): Service use and cost impact. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 2020;68: doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101506.
Taylor CL. Women, Writing and Fetishism 1890–1950. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2003.