RCGP Northern Ireland Council: Representatives

The NI Council is made up of elected members, appointed lay representatives and representatives of a number

of pertinent organisations; these are the members of the Council. Council members are elected from the general

NI membership and, as far as possible, we try to ensure a geographic spread to cover the whole of the country.

Council Structure (Click)

NI Council Membership

Northern Trust Reps

Name	Status on Council	Election Period
Dr Mark Holloway	Active	November 2013
Professor Frank Dobbs	Active	November 2013
Professor Scott Brown	Active	November 2013

Belfast Trust Area Reps

Name	Status on Council	Election Period
Dr Rose McCullagh	Active	November 2013
Vacant	Active
Vacant	Active

Western Trust Area Reps

Name	Status on Council	Election Period
Dr Paddy McEvoy	Active	November 2012
Dr Mark Cathcart	Active	November 2012
Dr Brian Sweeney	Active	November 2012

South Eastern Trust Area Reps

Name	Status on Council	Election Period
Dr Gary Smyth	Active	November 2012
Dr Grainne Doran	Active	November 2012
Dr Colin Fitzpatrick	Active	November 2012

Southern Trust Area Reps

Name	Status on Council	Election Period
Dr Maeve Lambe	Active	November 2012
Dr Keith McCollum	Active	November 2012
Dr Laurence Dorman	Active	November 2012

Additional Council Members

Name	Role	Election Period
Dr Henry Jack	ROI Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr Janet Watters	Non Principal Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr. Claire Loughrey	NIMDTA Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr. Janet Watters	Non Principal Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr. Tim Lewis	Registrar Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr Michael McKenna	GPC Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr John O'Kelly	Member- Quality	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr Mike Smyth	Member- Rural	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr Mike Scott	Member- Finance	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Professor Phillip Reilly	Academic GP	November 2012 (ratified annually)
Dr Brian Norton	ICGP Representative	November 2012 (ratified annually)

Observers on Council

Name	Position	Election Period
Dr Amanda Watterson	First5 Lead	Ratified annually
Mr Alan Braiden	Chairman PiP	Ratified annually

Ex-Officio

Name	Representing
Dr Iona Heath	UK President
Dr Clare Gerada	RCGP UK Chairman
Ms Hilary De Lyon	RCGP CEO
Ms Ruth Wallace	Head of Devolved Councils
Mr Paul Newman	M&D Director

Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee

RCGP Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee is a sub group of RCGP Northern Ireland Council. Working Groups within RCGP Northern Ireland will also feed into the RCGP Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee.

RCGP Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee will ensure that RCGP Northern Ireland Council are kept fully informed of ongoing activity by the working groups via council papers or where time frames prohibit, by email.

Name	Position	Election Period
Professor Scott Brown	Chairman	2013
Dr Grainne Doran	Deputy Chair (Policy)	2013
Dr Mike Scott	Deputy Chair (Business & Finance)	2013
Dr Colin Fitzpatrick	Executive Member (Education & Professional Development)	2013
Dr John O'Kelly	Executive Member (Quality)	2013
Dr Rose McCullagh	Executive Member (Patients & Public)	2013
Dr David Johnston	Executive Member (Chairs Nomination)	2013
Dr Laurence Dorman	Executive Member (Membership)	2013