Chloe Beale is consultant liaison psychiatrist and clinical lead for liaison psychiatry at Homerton Hospital, as well as Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at QMUL. She was previously suicide prevention lead for East London NHS Foundation Trust. She has a master's degree in medical law and a particular interest in mental capacity and mental health law in acute settings and law and ethics surrounding suicide. She has published papers and speaks widely on these subjects at regional and national academic events. She is an elected member of the RCPsych liaison faculty executive committee and is involved in policy work related to her field of expertise. She was invited to give evidence in Parliament on proposed changes to the MHA and has presented to the government advisory group on suicide prevention. She has a voluntary role as an advisor at the The Listening Place, a suicide prevention charity.