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Sunil Bhopal | GMC# 7079879

  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Consultant Paediatrician

Declaration on 11 December 2025

Declaration period: 2025

Main employment

  • Type: Academic
  • Details: Director of Child Health Research / Bradford Institute for Health Research

Consultancy

  • Details: Nil

Academic

  • Relates to: Research grants
  • Income band: £100,000+
  • Details: Various research grants which vary by time, from NIHR and Wellcome Trust at the time of writing.

Other work

  • Details: I am a trustee at Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health - unpaid position; RCPCH pay travel and subsistence for board meetings approx 4x per year I am on Wellcome Trust's Early Career Award review committee - this is a paid position at a day-rate + travel/subsistence expenses. Trustee at two further charities (The Childrens Foundation & Foundation Years Information & Research) - no pay or expenses.

Financial

  • Details: Investment ISAs plus a shareholding in my brother's renewable energy company.

Spousal / family

  • Details: Paid salary by NHS.

Political / membership organisations

  • Details: Not a member of any political party.

Declaration on 4 June 2024

Declaration period: 2024

Main employment

  • Type: NHS
  • Details: Consultant Paediatrician / Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Academic

  • Relates to: Research grants
  • Details: At the time of making this declaration I do not have active research grants and will update this over time.

Other work

  • Details: I am an unpaid member of the board of trustees at three charities: 1) Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health; 2) Foundation Years Information & Research; 3) The Children's Foundation. Information on each of these is available via their websites and via the Charity Commission website. I receive travel and accommodation expenses from the RCPCH from time to time.

Financial

  • Relates to: Shares, stocks or company ownership
  • Details: Nil directly relating to healthcare. I have a stocks and shares ISA fund which is invested ethically via a financial advisor. I have no control over the specific companies this fund invests in. I have a ~20k stake in a company owned by a family member (renewable energy).

Political / membership organisations

  • Details: I am a member of the Labour party.

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