Experience

When growing up, Rory was primarily interested in computers, and studied Computer Science at Queen's University, Belfast. It was during this time that Rory first experienced the impact of mental illness, when a close friend became depressed. This led him to reconsider his own career plans, realising that becoming a psychiatrist would be a good way to support people in need. 

He then completing his medical degree at King's College London in 2012, before completing Foundation training in the South East region. He moved to Scotland to specialise in Psychiatry, training in Dundee and then Edinburgh. Dr Barr became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatry (having completed the required examinations successfully) in 2017, and completed training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2021, when he moved with his family to Berkshire, to begin work as a Consultant Psychiatrist.

In Berkshire, Dr Barr has been working in the NHS, leading the Children and Young Person's Eating Disorder Service, as well as working in the Wokingham Specialist Community Teams. 

Dr Barr started working privately at the Cardinal Clinic in Windsor in 2023, before expanding to work in Berkshire Grove Hospital and Bridge Clinic in Maidenhead in 2025.

Dr Barr keeps up with the latest developments in the field by reading widely and attending conferences. He has also contributed to the specialty by publishing. Here are a selection of publications:

September 2013  BMJ Quality Improvement Journal –improving the transmission rates of electronic discharge summaries to GPs http://qir.bmj.com/conte/nt/2/1/u756.w1013.short?g=w_qir_current_tab

September 2013  BMJ Quality Improvement Journal – Improving patient discharge process using electronic medication input tool and on-line guide to arranging follow-ups http://qir.bmj.com/content/2/1/u756.w711.short?g=w_qir_current_tab

May/June 2013 Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, Letter To Editor in response to article “Iatrogenic Burns from Garlic”. First author.

August 2012    FuturePsych (Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Student Newsletter)

Editorial, and article on my Psychiatry Electives in Malaysia

January 2012   FuturePsych (Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Student Newsletter)

Editorial.

October 2011  Student BMA News

Update to article on King’s College London’s imposition of large fees for students to re-sit exams.

July 2011        Student BMA News

Article on King’s College London’s imposition of large fees for students to re-sit exams, highlighting the significant variation regarding re-sit fees between different Medical Schools.

April 2011       Medical Student Newspaper

Article on the importance of medical students engaging with their universities, local MPs and the media on issues of importance to them.

March 2011     Medical Student Newspaper

Article on the BMA hosting a debate between Simon Burns, Minister of Health, and Diane Abbott, Shadow Minister for Health, over NHS reforms.

Presentations

16/11/2020     Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Trainee Conference, Clinical Audit of recording height/weights in YPU

03/02/2020     STUCK day, presenting work done on PANS/PANDAS

14/01/2020     Quality Improvement Academy, improving follow up following emergency assessments in CAMHS

25/10/2019     Glasgow PANS day – presentation of Systematic Review

12/11/2018     RCPsych in Scotland Child & Adolescent Faculty Conference & AGM 2018. Poster Presentation on Audit of Clinical Notes in ADHD Clinic

29/6/2017      Royal College of Psychiatry International Congress, Edinburgh. Poster presentation on demographic referral patterns in Liaison Psychiatry over 10 years

25/5/2016      Deanery wide Audit day, presented CAMHS audit on prescribing Controlled Drugs. Carseview Hospital, Dundee

22/4/2016      National Audit Conference, Edinburgh. Presented Audit on prescribing Controlled Drugs in CAMHS

18/11/2014     Deanery wide Audit day, presented audit on Physical Examination Equipment availability, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth

15/10/2013     Faculty of Medical Health Leadership Conference in Edinburgh – poster presentation on better use of technology to improve the patient discharge process

3/10/2013      Future of Medicine Conference, London – poster presentation on increasing transmission rates of electronic discharge summaries

29/4/2013      St Peter’s: Leadership Award presentation

26/3/2013       St Peter’s: Quality Improvement project presentation to Chief Executive and others

31/1/2012      King’s College London: KCL Psychiatry Society.

Electives in Psychiatry in Malaysia