Dr Frankie Connell trained in Medicine and Psychiatry in London. She became a full-time consultant in general adult psychiatry and HIV Liaison in 2001 spending her entire NHS career working for East London NHS Foundation Trust. She has had extensive experience in managing a wide range of psychiatric difficulties, from anxiety, phobias, and OCD; to chronic and enduring illnesses, notably major depressive disorder, bipolar affective disorder, and paranoid schizophrenia.

Whilst working for the NHS she developed special expertise in managing mental health difficulties associated with physical illness, especially HIV. She has worked in an outpatient, inpatient setting, and A/E setting. She is skilled in working with interpreters and advocates having worked entirely in East London. Having retired from the NHS in 2017 to focus on her private career, she has developed a specific interest and expertise in addiction psychiatry, ADHD/ADD, and OCD.

She is in the specialist register as a general adult psychiatrist and has a liaison endorsement.