Dr Salman Shafiq is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over 10 years’ consultant-level experience across general adult and older adult mental health services in the UK and internationally. He is GMC-registered with specialist registration in General Adult Psychiatry. He has held substantive and long-term locum consultant posts within NHS services, including community, inpatient, crisis, memory assessment, early intervention, perinatal, and forensic settings.

He combines his extensive NHS consultant-level psychiatric experience with a strong cross-cultural and academic focus. Dr Shafiq has significant expertise in the cultural aspects of mental health, particularly within South Asian communities, including Pakistani and Indian populations. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery (MBBS) in 2001, and then obtained various medical and post-graduate diplomas in Clinical Hypnosis, Clinical Psychiatry, Medical Leadership, and Medical Research.

His research portfolio, book, and peer-reviewed publications predominantly explore culturally informed understandings of mental illness, as well as the psychological and social dimensions of hatred, with a focus on understanding its causes and identifying ways to address its various manifestations. Dr Shafiq is also an accredited Balint Group leader, registered with the British Balint society.