England - North East England Area - North East region

Your RCPCH

Council

Council is the members' representative body that reports directly to the Board of Trustees, and meets three times a year. Council sets the College's overall strategy, in particular with regard to issues affecting members. Find out more and read Council meeting minutes.

Area Officer

The North East England Area Officer sits on Council, and represents two RCPCH regions: North East and Yorkshire and the Humber

• Area Officer: Dr Yincent Tse - yincenttse@nhs.net

Regional Lead

The North East Regional Lead is the ambassador and advocate for your RCPCH region. Through the Area Officer, they represent you in Council and other meetings. They also liaise with specialty training bodies, to help ensure the quality of training. The Regional Lead is in this post for three years, with a possible extension for a further two years.

• Regional Lead: Dr John Williams - john.williams17@nhs.net 
• Deputy Regional Lead: Dr Devasmitha Venkataraman - devasmitha.venkataraman@nhs.net

Other contacts for your RCPCH region

• Academic Regional Representative: Dr Andrew Gennery - a.r.gennery@ncl.ac.uk
• Trainee Representative: Dr Sian Copley - sian.copley@gmail.com

Contacts for your training

• Health Education England: North East England and North Cumbria (deanery)
• University of Durham - School of Medicine
• Newcastle University - Faculty of Medical Sciences
   
• Head of School: Dr Andy Mellon - andy.mellon@nhs.net
• Training Programme Director Level 1: Dr Emma Riley - emma.riley@nuth.nhs.uk
• Training Programme Director Level 2: Dr Naveen Athiraman - naveen.athiraman@nhs.net
• Training Programme Director Level 3: Dr Lorna Gillespie - lornagillespie@nhs.net
• Training Programme Director Quality: Dr  Naveen Athiraman - naveen.athiraman@nhs.net
• Deanery Administrator Level 1 ST1-3: Trainees - Adele Simpson - adele.simpson@hee.nhs.uk
• Deanery Administrator Level 2 and 3, ST4-8 Trainees: Kelly Baxter - kelly.baxter@hee.nhs.uk