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
• four elected members
• one elected Education and Training Committee (ETC) Representative
• two policy leads
• representatives from all the specialties
• observers from the Scottish Government and Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
• eight representatives from the Psychiatric Training Committee (PTC)
• Chair of the Scottish Workforce and Careers Committee
• Chair of the Scottish Psychiatry Leadership and Management Group
• Chair of the Scottish Legislative Oversight Forum
• Chair of the Working Retired Psychiatrists Group
• Scottish Lead for Retention and Wellbeing 
• equality and diversity Lead
• sustainability 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