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Deaneries for paediatric training - contacts

This page provides contact information that postgraduate doctors in training may need as they progress through paediatric training in the UK. Click on the region where you work to see the details.

If you know of any changes to the below contacts, please email us at qualityandtrainingprojects@rcpch.ac.uk in order to maintain an accurate page.

General

General contacts, including committees with regional representatives

England

East Midlands

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

EM North

EM South

Programmes

Assessments and Revalidation

Faculty Support

Your RCPCH area

East of England

Important web pages

Heads of School contacts

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH area

Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Important web pages

Heads of School contacts

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

  • Surrey: Dr Ellie Day
  • Sussex: Dr Asma Shah
  • Kent: Dr Palaniappan Sashikumar
  • Darent Valley and KSS posts: Dr Lola Adenuga 
  • Sub-specialty - Dr Catherine Wynne

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH area

London

Important web pages

Heads of School contacts

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

  • Please use the London School of Paediatrics to .

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH area

North East, including north Cumbria

Important web pages

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Heads of School contacts

Deputy Head of School (Education and Training): Dr John Williams - john.wiliams17@nhs.net

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH Area

North West

Important web pages

The North West School of Paediatrics is split into two areas: Cheshire & Merseyside (C&M) and Greater Manchester & Lancashire(GM&L)

Heads of School contacts

Associate Dean: Dr Sunil Bagewadi - sunil.bagewadi@nca.nhs.uk

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Manchester Medical Society

This society arranges programmes of meetings and seminars and supports meetings in collaboration with other bodies. It thus provides continuing medical education in the region providing high-quality meetings with speakers of national and international renown locally, and it collaborates with the University of Manchester Medical School to support the annual Medical Careers Fair. The Society always welcomes new members - .

Your RCPCH Area

South West

Update, April 2026: NHS England has reviewed the Paediatric School structure in the South West (Peninsula and Severn) region, and is working to combine specialty schools within Severn and Peninsula to form a single school, South West School of Paediatrics.

Important web pages

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH Area

Thames Valley 

Important web pages

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH Area

Wessex

Important web pages

  • - trainee group interested in simulation and education, led by Dr James Edelman (trainee)
  • - supporting health professionals in treating refugees and asylum seekers within the Wessex Deanery

Heads of School contacts

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

  • TPD West (Dorchester, Poole, Salisbury, Solent Community, UHS (Not Neonates) & Sub-Specialty (GRID) not Neonate GRID): Dr Clare Hollingsworth - clare.hollingsworth@dchft.nhs.uk
  • TPD East (Portsmouth, HHFT, Neonates including sub-specialty for Southampton & Portsmouth): Dr Ollie Bevington - oliver.bevington@hhft.nhs.uk

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH Area

West Midlands

Important web pages

Heads of School contacts

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH Area

Yorkshire and the Humber

Important web pages

Heads of School contacts

Deputy Head of School:  Dr Chakra Vasudevan - Chakrapani.Vasudevan@bthft.nhs.uk

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Your RCPCH Area


Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

Scotland

Medical schools

  • Dundee University
  • St Andrews University
  • Aberdeen University
  • Edinburgh University
  • Glasgow University

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contacts

Wales

Training Programme Directors (TPDs)

Deanery contact

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

Medical school

Head of School contact

Training Programme Director (TPD)

Deanery contacts

Republic of Ireland