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Specialises in

• Liaison

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Dr Bachlani works at the Priory Woking Hospital as an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Consultant for ADHD & Autism.

Dr Bachlani was awarded UK Psychiatrist of the year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2024. This was in recognition of his work around digital psychiatry, population mental health and Neurodevelopmental disorders.

Asif is Clinical Lead for the Autism(ASC) pathway at Priory Woking Hospital and in 2022, Asif set up the first diagnostic pathway for autism within Priory's private healthcare services.


Asif has held various managerial and digital positions in NHS and independent sector including Clinical Director, NHS London Clinical Lead for Mental Health Outcomes and Chief Clinical Information Officer. Asif was most recently an Associate Non-Executive Director (NED) for Kent and Medway Mental Health Trust (2022-2024) with his portfolios being quality improvement, data and digital transformation and patient outcomes.

In 2023, Asif became Vice-Chair of the NHS Benchmarking Mental Health, Autism and Learning Disability Reference Group.

In recognition of Asif's commitment to promoting excellence for patients and field of psychiatry, he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych) in 2019

Prior to joining the Priory, Asif was NHS consultant psychiatrist for 8 years and worked in community/outpatient posts in North East London and Kingston. Asif worked as Single Point of Access consultant in North East London between 2011-17, where he treated patients between the age of 18-70 years old . He was also the NELFT Trust Lead for Adult ADHD.

Asif next consultant post was at South Kingston CMHT where he treated patients between the ages of 18-70 years old, with recurrent mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders and psychotic disorders. Asif set up and developed the Kingston Personality Disorder Pathway to meet the unmet needs of the local population.

In regard to his training, Asif graduated from the St Bartholomews and Royal London Medical School in 2002 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and BSc in Clinical Medicine. Asif completed this psychiatric training in Hampshire and Dorset achieving MRCPsych in 2008. He also completed his CCT in General Adult Psychiatry with sub-speciality in Liaison Psychiatry in 2011.

Asif has a Diploma in Medical Education from University of Winchester (2012).

Areas of interest

Neurodevelopmental disorders - ADHD / Autism (ASC)
Mood Disorders;
Anxiety Disorders; PTSD; OCD
Personality Disorders;
Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Pain management

Medical secretaries

• Debbie Davenport
• The Priory Chobham Road Knaphill Woking GU21 2QF
• 07523 723084
• debbie.davenport@nhs.net