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 London Area Officer sits on Council, and represents two RCPCH regions: North, Central & East London and North West London.
- Area Officer: Dr Richard Nicholl - rnicholl@nhs.net
Regional Lead
The North, Central and East London 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 Syed Mohinuddin - Syed.Mohinuddin@bartshealth.nhs.uk
Other contacts for your RCPCH region
- Less Than Full Time Training Advisor London (North): Dr Shanthi Shanmugalingam - shanthi.shanmugalingam@nhs.net
- Regional General Paediatrics Training Advisor: Dr Atefa Hossain - atefa.hossain@stgeorges.nhs.uk
- Trainee Representative: Dr Katie Mckinnon - katie.mckinnon@nhs.net
- Principal Area Theory Lead - for theory exams (North London): Dr Richard Nicholl - rnicholl@nhs.net
Contacts for your training at the Local Education and Training Board (LETB)
Medical schools
- Barts and The London School of Medical and Dentistry
- King's College London School of Medicine (at Guy's King's College and St Thomas' Hospital)
- Imperial College School of Medicine, London
- St George's, University of London
- University College London, University College Medical School
Head of School: Dr Camilla Kingdon - camilla.kingdon@gstt.nhs.uk
Training Programme Directors (TPDs)
- Specialty Lead (BCF / Whipps Cross): Dr Sue Laurent - sue.laurent@nhs.net
- Programme Management: Dr Anne Opute - anne.opute@bartshealth.nhs.uk
- Programme Management (Royal Ldn / Newham / Wellington Way): Dr Sandhia Naik - sandhia.naik@bartshealth.nhs.uk
- Quality Assurance (Homerton / North Middlesex): Dr Olu Wilkey - olu.wilkey@nhs.net
- Assessment and Revalidation (BHR / Whittington): Dr Caroline Fertleman - c.fertleman@ucl.ac.uk
- Academic Training: Dr Ian Sanderson - i.r.sanderson@qmul.ac.uk
- OOP/Flexible Training/Career Advice: Dr Shanthi Shanmugalingam - shanthi.shanmugalingam@nhs.net
RCPCH presence in North, Central and East London
The North, Central and East London region has 1371 members (9.3% of the total in England) (last updated September 2018). The figures below show the age range, positions and locations with most members. An overview of all locations can be found in the RCPCH presence in North, Central and East London Data document.