RCPsych in Wales Devolved Council
We are a devolved nation and council of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- Professor Alka Ahuja MBE, Chair
- Dr Alberto Salmoiraghi, Vice Chair
- Dr Bala Oruganti, Regional Advisor
- Dr Paul Emmerson, Head of School
- Dr Haitham Barkouk, Elected Member
- Dr Alan Slater, Undergraduate Lead, Cardiff University
- Professor Ian Jones, NCMH Representative
- Professor Keith Lloyd, Welsh Psychiatric Society Representative
- Dr Neda Mehrpooya, Recruitment and Retention Officer (Outgoing)
- Dr Jen Rankin, Mentoring Officer
- Dr Jacqueline Palmer, SAS Representative
- Dr Alison Shaw, SAS Representative
- Dr Mostafa Abdellatif, PTC Representative
- Dr Nermeen Ahmed, PTC Representative
- Dr Wamiqur Rehman Gakdhar, PTC Representative
- Dr Jan Melichar, Addictions Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Divya Sakhuja, Perinatal Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Akhtar Khan, Liaison Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Amani Hassan, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty (Outgoing)
- Dr Kishore Kale, General Adult Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Katie Fergus, Rehabilitation Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Isabella Jurewicz, Eating Disorder Psychiatry Faculty
- Professor James Walters, Academic Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Tom Wynne, Forensic Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Ben Duffin-Jones, Forensic Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Sharmi Bhattacharyya, Old Age Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Seth Mensah, Neuropsychiatry Faculty
- Dr Seb Viola, Medical Psychotherapy Faculty
- Dr Penny Letchford, Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Faculty
- Dr Kishore Kale, RCPsych Wales Equality Champion
- Dr Tania Bugelli, RCPsych Wales Sustainability Champion
- Dr Neda Mehrpooya, RCPsych Wales Wellbeing Champion
Our Devolved Council is our main decision-making body and meets four times a year. Our Faculty groups are represented at Council, and also meet separately.
All enquiries for Council and Faculty meetings should be directed to Annie Fabian.
Currently we have a couple of vacancies on our Devolved Council
- RCPsych Wales Recruitment & Retention Officer (opens in August)
- RCPsych Wales Equity Champion
Council meets on 4 occasions a year, and is due to meet on the following dates over 2024:
- 15 March (in-person)
- 5 July
- 20 September (in-person)
- 6 December
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