Regional representatives promoting communication, mutual learning and support between professionals within child development teams and others with an interest in neurodisability through:

  • Local Networking - liaise with local leads for child development teams and/or neurodisability services; assist in developing a regional network of child development teams and others with an interest in neurodisability; encourage colleagues across relevant disciplines to join the BACD
  • Education and Training - organise an annual regional neurodisability meeting; support the development of regional neurodisability training programmes; act as the local points of contact for interested paediatric trainees to find out more about neurodisability training routes, neurodisability as a future career option and to find out more about what is happening in the local area.
  • Policy - contribute to BACD response to consultation documents; explore opportunities to undertake projects on behalf of BACD.
  • Committee Meetings - present colleagues’ opinions, concerns or achievements (or to members of the executive between meetings when necessary); represent BACD in the region by feeding back information from the executive committee, and disseminating information generally about BACD, to local colleagues.

If you need to contact your regional rep, please use the form at the bottom of this page.

East Midlands Region

Representatives: Dr Katherine Martin & Dr Amy Taylor

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland


East of England Region

Representative: position vacant

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk

Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region

Representative: Vacant

Kent, East & West Sussex, and Surrey

London - North Region

Representative: Dr Madhumita Mukherjee

London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Brent, Camden, City, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Havering, Haringey, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster


London - South Region

Representative: Dr Jill Cadwgan, Consultant Paediatrician Neurodisability, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guys & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth


Mersey Region

Representative: Dr Zaby Bassi, Consultant Paediatrician, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Merseyside and Cheshire

North East 

Representative: Dr Morag Andrew

County Durham, Northumberland, and Tees Valley

Northern Ireland Region

Representatives: Dr Cliona Cummings and Claire Kerr

North West Region

Representative: Dr Linzi Knowles

Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Isle of Mann

Scotland Region

Regional representatives: Dr Alex Baxter & Dr Valerie Orr

South West Region

Representatives: Dr Tom Allport and Dr Caroline Bodey

Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, and Somerset

Thames Valley Region

Representative: Dr Nilushika Weerapperuma & Dr Jessica Hudson

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire

Wales Region

Representatives: Dawn Forbes & Rina van der Walt

Wessex Region

Representative: Corrina Bishop

Channel Islands, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, and Wiltshire

West Midlands Region

Representative: Dr Manjeet Raina

Birmingham, Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire


Yorkshire & The Humber Region

Representative: Dr Paramita Ghosh

East, North, South & West Yorkshire, and Northern Lincolnshire

Contact your Regional Rep

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