North Western

The North Western region covers south Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester.

The regional team is here to support local physicians, provide educational events, administer the approval of consultant and specialty doctor job descriptions and help develop and maintain regional networks.

Your regional manager is Helen Knowles
Tel: +44 (0)151 318 1868

Email: helen.knowles@rcp.ac.uk

Job description enquiries: NorthWesternJD@rcp.ac.uk

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Regional advisers

Regional advisers (RAs) are RCP fellows who are selected to support their region. These clinicians volunteer their time to support various activities and the RCP regards them to be essential in advising on a range of training, teaching and service activities that are pertinent to the work of physicians. There are four RAs in this region:

Dr Sandy Thomson
Salford Royal Hospital

Dr Vinodh Devakumar
The Royal Oldham Hospital

Dr Onesi Ogedengby
Manchester Royal Infirmary

Dr Rehan Qureshi
Royal Bolton Hospital

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Job description approvals

For the approval of job descriptions within the region please contact: northwesternjd@rcp.ac.uk

For help and advice on the job description approval process please consult the information on Advisory Appointments Committees (AAC).

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Events nearby

Update in medicine - Liverpool 2025

Join us in our Northern home for this face-to-face clinical conference worth 6 CPD credits.

Spine Atrium

Call the medical registrar 2025

This digital conference aims to prepare resident doctors for the transition into the medical registrar.

Regional representatives

Our network of regional representatives act as local ambassadors in their region. They aim to represent the needs and views of RCP members at different stages of their career.

Click the drop downs below to learn who represents your region, and to see current vacancies.

If you’d like to contact any regional representatives, please get in touch with your regional office.

Your regional new consultant representative is Dr Dhivya Das.

You can find out more about the work of the RCP New Consultants Committee here.

Your regional trainee representative is Dr Leigh Wilson.

You can find out more about the work of the RCP Trainees Committee here.

There is currently a vacancy in this region. You can find out more about the work of the SAS network here.

Your regional SFDN representatives are Bobin Lee and Thomas Anderson.

You can find out more about the work of the SFDN network here.