AAC information and guidance

College guide to the process

The College has now issued revised guidance for all those involved in NHS recruitment of paediatricians of consultant or specialty doctor grades.

NHS recruitment of paediatricians in the UK - Guidance for Participants(PDF, 475KB, 30 pages)

This guidance is relevant to:

• NHS HR staff, senior management and clinical staff in recruiting Trusts
• RCPCH Regional Advisers and Subspecialty Advisory Committee members
• Convenors of College recognised specialty groups
• Paediatricians providing external quality assurance of NHS recruitment
• Applicants for consultant grade or specialty doctor grade posts in the NHS.

Legislation and Government guidance

In addition, the links below will take you to the legislation setting out the Advisory Appointments Committees (AACs) process as well as the guidance from the Department of Health in England on how the process should be run that is followed in all countries of the UK.

• Statutory Instrument 1996 Number 701 Setting up the AAC process
• Statutory Instrument 2004 Number 3365 updating the AAC process
• Advice from the Department of Health in England on the conduct of AACs (PDF, 170KB, 25 pages)

AAC contact information

• John Pettitt
  Advisory Appointments and Committee Administrator
• Serean Williamson
  Governance and AAC Team Administrator
• Shilpa Shah
  AAC Administrator

To reach the AAC Team please use our e-mail address aacenquiries@rcpch.ac.uk .

Alternatively, please call the College switchboard on 020 7092 6075.