Devolved Council of the RCPsych in Scotland
The Devolved Council is the main decision-making body of the RCPsych in Scotland.
All major issues of policy are discussed at meetings and the Council acts as a link between RCPsych in Scotland members and the central College in London.
The Devolved Council meets four times a year and is made up of:
- three elected officers
- one appointed Meetings Secretary
- six elected members
- one elected Education and Training Committee (ETC) Representative
- representatives from all the specialties
- observers from the Scottish Government and Mental Welfare Commission
- six representatives from the Psychiatric Training Committee (PTC)
- Chair of Choose Psychiatry in Scotland
- Chair of the Medical Managers Group
- Chair of the Working Retired Psychiatrists Group
- Chair of the Scottish Training and Recruitment Group
- Chair of the Scottish Mental Health Partnership
- Equality and Diversity Lead
- one representative from Specialty Doctor and Associate Specialist Doctors
- one representative for Workforce Planning and training issues
- one patient representative
- one carer representative
Devolved Council
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Jane Morris | 2023 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Pradeep Pasupuleti | 2021 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Mithun Barik | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nicholas Barnes | 2024 (C) | Sustainability Champion |
| Dr Venkataramana Boyapati | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Johanna Brown | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ailsa Bruce | 2023 (A) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Richard Caplan | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Alan Carson | 2013 (A) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Jonathan Cavanagh | 2023 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Arun Chopra | 2019 (O) | Committee Member |
| Dr Siobhan Connelly | 2023 (A) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Alastair Cook | 2020 (O) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jim Crabb | 2024 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Philip Crockett | 2020 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Adam Daly | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jana de Villiers | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Arwa Elawad | 2023 (A) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Iain Fergie | 2015 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| Dr Alasdair Forrest | 2022 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Susanna Galea-Singer | 2022 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Shridevi Gopi-Firth | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Rosemary Gordon | 2024 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Judith Halford | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Mr Gordon Johnston | 2020 (C) | Patient Representative |
| Dr Sheena Jones | 2023 (O) | Committee Member |
| Dr Kandarp Joshi | 2023 (A) | Committee Manager |
| Dr Ihsan Kader | 2024 (A) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Stephen Lawrie | 2018 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Craig Marsh | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Louise Mowatt | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Vivek Pattan | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tze Phang | 2020 (A) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Gavin Philipson | 2022 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lovely Rajan | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lee Robertson | 2022 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Andrew Robinson | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Prakash Shankar | 2020 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Murray Smith | 2021 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Roger Smyth | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Pavan Srireddy | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jessika Sussmann | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Andy Williams | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dichelle Wong | 2022 (O) | Committee Member |
| Dr Marianna Zavrou | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
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