About
Dr Baggott was appointed consultant psychiatrist and added to the specialist register in 2005, working across both the NHS and private sector in the UK and internationally. He provides patient-centred, evidence-based care, with a focus on recovery, improvement and collaborative decision making.
Position at Priory
Dr Baggott is a senior consultant psychiatrist who has held a number of senior leadership roles, including specialist clinical director within the NHS, lead consultant for a specialist mental health charity, and head of psychiatry for an international hospital in the Arabian Gulf.
Training
Dr Baggott graduated from the University of Leicester and initially worked in medicine and surgery before joining the Trent rotational psychiatry training scheme, where he completed higher training in general psychiatry. In 2005, he was appointed consultant in eating disorders, jointly leading a large NHS eating disorder service across inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting individuals with a range of eating disorder diagnoses. During this time, he also led a nested dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) service for individuals with co-occurring emotionally unstable personality disorder.
In 2019, he left the NHS to establish a specialist emotionally unstable personality disorder and eating disorder unit with a leading charity provider, before moving to Doha, Qatar to develop the psychiatric department for a leading private hospital. He returned to the UK at the end of 2024 to lead Silverstone, a specialist DBT service recognised as the first fully accredited inpatient DBT service and a European benchmark service.
In 2026, he was appointed consultant in eating disorder psychiatry within the NHS in Cambridge. He is also a medical specialist advisor on eating disorders to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Research interests
- Lawrence R and Baggott J. Autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with infection. Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, 2017
- Wales J, Brewin N, Cashmore R, Haycraft E, Baggott J, Cooper A and Arcelus J. Predictors of positive treatment outcome in people with anorexia nervosa treated in a specialised inpatient unit. European Eating Disorders Review, 2016
- Brewin N, Baggott J, Duggart P and Arcelus J. Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and Eating Disorder Inventory: clinical normative data for DSM-5 feeding and eating disorder classifications. European Eating Disorders Review, 2014
- Arcelus J, Baggott J, Whight D, McGrain L, Meadows L, Langham C and Meyer C. Predictors of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in patients with bulimic eating disorders. Mexican Journal of Eating Disorders, 2011
- Arcelus J, Whight D, Langham C, Baggott J, McGrain L, Meadows L and Meyer C. A case series evaluation of a modified version of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for the treatment of bulimic eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review, 2009
- Baggott J. Complicated bulimia nervosa associated with borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry, 2005
- Baggott JN and Singh AN. Sildenafil induced relapse in bipolar disorder: is nitric oxide the mechanism? International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2004
- Baggott JN and Singh AN. Home treatment – it really does work. Primary Care Psychiatry, 2004
- Baggott JN and Singh AN. Relapse of bipolar disorder and sildenafil: is the nitric oxide pathway a common theme? Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2003
- Arcelus J, Bouman WP and Baggott J. The use of interpersonal psychotherapy for non-suicidal self-injury and eating disorders. In: NSSI in Eating Disorders, Springer, 2013
- Whight D, Meadows L, McGrain L, Langham C, Baggott J and Arcelus J. IPT-BN(m) – Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bulimic Spectrum Disorders: A Treatment Guide. Troubador Publishing, 2011
- Palmer RL and Baggott J. Eating Disorders. In: Edinburgh Companion to Psychiatric Studies, 8th edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2010
Languages
English