England - South London Area - South London 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 South London Area Officer sits on Council, and represents two RCPCH regions: Kent, Surrey and Sussex and South London.

• Area Officer: Dr Claire Lemer - clairelemer@nhs.net

Regional Lead

The South 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 Vasantha Gowda - v.gowda@nhs.net  
• Deputy Regional Lead: vacant

Other contacts for your RCPCH region

• Less Than Full Time Training Advisor: Dr Imke Meyer-Parsonson - imke.meyer-parsonson@gosh.nhs.uk
• Regional General Paediatrics Training Advisor: Dr Atefa Hossain - atefa.hossain@stgeorges.nhs.uk
• Principal Area Theory Lead - for theory exams: Vacant

Contacts for your training

• London and South East Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education
• London School of Paediatrics

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 Jonathan Round - jonathan.round@hee.nhs.uk

Training Programme Directors (TPDs) - please use the London School of Paediatrics to find your TPD.