Lloyd Bastiman

Lloyd Bastiman is a Senior University Lecturer specialising in Mental Health within the School of Health and Life Sciences (SHLS) at the University of Teesside.

Lloyd has extensive clinical experience through roles including PCN Primary Care Mental Health, Forensic Mental Health and Learning Disability services, long stay rehabilitation and the criminal justice system. In addition to this, Lloyd has also worked on a range of speciality medical wards including oncology, rheumatology, and endoscopy within the NHS. Lloyd has also supported the NHS 111 provision in Southwest London. 

Currently, Lloyd delivers on several pre-registration modules and leads on both the Service Improvement and Professionalism, Relationships and Communication module at Teesside University. In addition to this, Lloyd is a Course Leader and also the Mental Health Lead for Cohort 2401. 

Lloyd has also previously served as a Police Officer as part of the District Incident Resolution Team (IRT), enabling him to utilise his professional background as both a clinician and police officer, in ensuring that improvements were made regarding interprofessional practices amongst key partnership agencies. During this, Lloyd also assisted as a frontline police negotiator in high-risk mental health crisis incidents and concern for welfare reports. 

Lloyd has a particular research interest in examining the mental health support available for those released from police custody and improving interprofessional working within the locality. Lloyd's doctoral study explores how Academics delivering on pre-registration health courses within a Post-1992 HEI approach using Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) to provide inclusive teaching.