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Doctor Clive Bensemann

Clive trained at the University of Otago Medical School before training as a General Practitioner (MRCGP) then as a Psychiatrist (FRANZCP) and Medical Administrator (FRACMA).

Throughout his career he has been involved in service leadership and clinical governance; including as the Director of Mental Health and Addiction (MH&A) services at Waikato and then Auckland.

He is the Clinical Lead for the National Health Quality and Safety Commission MH&A Quality Improvement Programme, and co-lead for the National Clinical Network for Mental Health and Addiction.

He has interests in the use of data and in quality improvement and a commitment to effective and safe services design, informed by research and clinical, cultural, and lived experience expertise.

Clive has worked clinically across Auckland city and Waikato, in Adult Psychiatry and Psychiatry of Old Age.

Clive says, “good New Zealand based research matters and it’s a pleasure to be part of supporting it”.