RCGP news
09 October 2025
Nearly three quarters of GPs say patient safety is being compromised by their workload, as concerns are raised over new reforms
RCGP publishes new polling ahead of College Chair Kamila Hawthorne’s speech at its Annual Primary Care Conference.
09 October 2025
College responds to Government pledge to review the Carr-Hill funding formula
College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to the Government’s announcement, made at the RCGP Annual Conference, of a six-month review of the Carr-Hill funding formula.
09 October 2025
Professor Kamila Hawthorne speaks at College conference
Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, has today given her plenary address to over 2,000 GPs and healthcare professionals at the start of the RCGP annual conference 2025 in Newport, Wales.
08 October 2025
In the health news
The College regularly features in the news to be the voice for general practice on issues that matter to members.
02 October 2025
RCGP statement on Heaton Park synagogue attack
RCGP Chair Kamila Hawthorne expresses condolences for victims of the Heaton Park synagogue attack.
23 September 2025
College responds to launch of Jess’s Rule
College Chair Kamila Hawthorne’s supportive comment for NHS England’s launch of Jess’s Rule, a three strikes and rethink protocol for GPs to consider a less likely diagnosis for patients who repeatedly present.
23 September 2025
‘Prevalence of abuse entirely unacceptable’ says College Chair
College Chair Kamila Hawthorne today features in The Guardian responding to a study published in the BJGP on the violence and abuse towards general practice staff by patients and the public.
18 September 2025
College responds to BMJ study showing a third of licensed GPs in England not working in NHS general practice
The RCGP responds to new BMJ study finding that one in three GPs with a licence to practise in England are not working in NHS general practice, and many newly qualified GPs are not entering the NHS workforce or are leaving within the first 10 years.
16 September 2025
RCGP Scotland releases 2026 Scottish Parliament manifesto
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Scotland has today unveiled its manifesto for the upcoming Scottish Parliament election.
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