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 minutes.
Area Officer
The South England Area Officer sits on Council, and represents two RCPCH regions: South West and Wessex.
- Area Officer: Prof Robert Mark Beattie - mark.beattie@uhs.nhs.uk
Regional Lead
The South West 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 Giles Richardson - giles.richardson@nhs.net
- Deputy Regional Lead: Dr Andrew Lux - alux@nhs.net
Other contacts for your RCPCH region
- Principal Area Theory Lead - for theory exams: Vacant
Severn
- Academic Regional Representative: Prof Richard Coward - richard.coward@bristol.ac.uk
- Less Than Full Time Training Advisor: Dr Marie Wheeler - mariewh@gmail.com
- Trainee Representative: Aless Glover - aless_glover@hotmail.co.uk
Peninsula
- Academic Regional Representative: Prof Richard Coward - richard.coward@bristol.ac.uk
- Less Than Full Time Training Advisor: Dr Sian Ludman - sian.ludman@nhs.net
- Trainee Representative: Dr James Dearden - james.dearden@nhs.net
Contacts for your training at the Local Education and Training Board (LETB)
Severn
Head of School: Dr Russell Peek - russell.peek@nhs.net
Training Programme Directors (TPDs)
- ST1-3 - Dr Emma Bradley - emma.bradley@cchp.nhs.uk
- ST4-8 - Dr Alex Powell - alexandra.powell@tst.nhs.uk
LETB Programme Manager
- Karen Fishenden - SEVPaediatricsSchool.sw@hee.nhs.uk
Peninsula
Head of School: Dr Yadlapalli Kumar - yadlapalli.kumar@nhs.net
Training Programme Directors (TPDs)
- ST1-3 - Dr David Bartle - david.bartle@nhs.net
- ST4-8 - Dr Giles Richardson - giles.richardson@nhs.net
LETB Administrators
- Joseph Campbell - joseph.campbell@southwest.hee.nhs.uk
- Charlotte Evans - charlotte.evans@southwest.hee.nhs.uk
RCPCH presence in the South West region
The South West region has 1095 members (7.4% 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 the South West Region Data document.