Consultants: new appointment offers October 2026

The following appointments have been offered and are subject to acceptance by the applicants. The lists are prepared by the College’s Workforce team, on the basis of returns completed by College assessors on consultant advisory appointment committees (AACs), submitted by XXX.

Please note, we receive no return following 20% of AACs. Any forms received after XXX will be published in the next issue. If you do not take up your post or have additional information, please inform the Workforce team. Whenever you move home or job, please inform the Membership team.

Haematology

Region	Employing body	Base	Postholder
London	Barts Health	St Bart's	Dr Dipal Mehta
London	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals	Epsom	Dr Natalie Heeney
Northern Ireland	Southern Health and Social Care	Craigavon	Dr Julian Costello
Yorkshire and the Humber	Hull University Teaching Hospitals	Castle Hill	Dr Jireh A Batac

Cellular pathology

Region	Employing body	Base	Postholder
South West	North Bristol	Southmead	Dr Julia R Patterson

Paediatric Pathology

Region	Employing body	Base	Postholder
Wales	Cardiff and Vale University	Cardiff	Dr Jeremy W Pryce

Medical microbiology, infection and virology

Region	Employing body	Base	Postholder
London	Barts	Royal London	Dr Kate El Bouzidi
National	UK Health Security Agency	National Mycobacterial Reference Service	Dr Giovanni Satta
North West	Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh	Royal Albert Edward Infirmary	Dr Fauzia Rizwan
Northern Ireland	Northern Health and Social Care	Antrim Area	Dr Dean D Carolan
Northern Ireland	Northern Health and Social Care	Antrim Area	Dr Edwina Hegarty
Yorkshire and the Humber	Hull University Teaching Hospitals	Hull	Dr Laila Sayeed

Clinical science

Medical microbiology, infection and virology

Region	Employing body	Base	Postholder
Yorkshire and the Humber	The Leeds Teaching Hospitals	St James's	Dr Baljit Saundh