About Us

AndyJohnstonAssociates has developed a reputation as a trusted consultancy offering a wide range of investigatory, improvement and clinical activity. We have access to a small group of highly credible mental health professionals across all disciplines all of whom are demonstrably high achieving leaders and ‘Experts with Lived Experience’ who have provided crucial insights and peer relationships not open to professionals. Some of our Consultant Associates have gone on to lead statutory regulatory organisations, commissioning groups, NHS bodies and professional associations.

AndyJohnstonAssociates was formed in 2014 by Andy Johnston. The move from the NHS and two successful successive Clinical Directorships into full time consultancy was initially a lifestyle choice and offered the freedom to work with like-minded people who wanted to achieve improvements and significantly enhance the experience of staff and patients alike in all manner of mental health services.

We have increased our ‘reach’ into CAMHS, residential children’s social care, learning disability services, specialist education settings, universities and university accommodation providers, supported accommodation and increased our ability to deliver specialist clinical assessments such as ADHD and ASD.We have credible Expert Witnesses in acute psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and eating disorders and provide Clinical Experts to the  CQC  and  HSE.
The focus has always been on providing the most expert few, rather than be the biggest or busiest consultancy.
We have worked on a short-term single commission basis to longer term support commissions lasting many years. We continue to work with several organisations now for 8, 9, 3 and 2 years respectively .