Sasha Bhat is the programme director for Healthy Minds and deputy director for integration and change in Bradford and Craven Health and Care Partnership. She has a background in public health and psychology, having specialised in post graduate studies in addiction at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London and University of Leeds. She has post graduate qualification in Policy and Participation from the University of Central Lancashire. Sasha has a track record of working with the services and the voluntary and community sector to mainstream health service provision with communities. She serves as a trustee for two community organisations.