Dame Susan Mary Bailey (born 29 August 1950) is a British psychiatrist and academic who specialises in children's mental health.
[1] Since 1983, she has been a consultant child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist at the Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
[3] She concluded that one of Bulger's killers, Jon Venables, knew the difference between right and wrong: information that led to them being convicted of murder.
Between 2001 and 2014, Bailey held a number of senior positions in the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
[1][2][8][9] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bailey was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to Youth Justice".