RCGP blog

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10 March 2021

Top tips to make the most of your GP appraisal

Your appraisal should be a fulfilling professional event - we all deserve a chance to review our achievements and challenges, and to plan ahead. Follow these tips to take control of your appraisal and your own wellbeing.

08 February 2021

New Appraisal Portfolio offer for members

The RCGP is pleased to announce changes to our appraisal and revalidation support for members. In particular these changes will benefit and strengthen our offer for First5s at this difficult time.

08 January 2021

Exams update following UK lockdowns

The New Year is already bringing new challenges and the latest national lockdowns across the UK have meant that the College has spent the last few days considering the feasibility of our MRCGP examinations and the implications for GP training.

04 December 2020

Urgent update on Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and the involvement of GPs

The College has received information from NHS England this evening that general practice will have a much earlier role in delivery of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine than originally anticipated – and potentially as early as next week.

27 November 2020

Taking action to tackle the climate crisis, health and inequality

The climate crisis is a health crisis. But taking action to tackle the climate crisis offers us a huge opportunity to improve health and reduce inequality.

09 October 2020

Personal passions, urgent care and specialty advice

Dr Laurence Dorman, RCGPNI Chair, shares some insight into his own personal passions outside of medicine and updates on the 2020 NICON Conference that took place this week.

15 September 2020

Requirements that were suggested guidance for the emergency summer exam diets are now becoming mandatory

The refreshed guidance, which will be published shortly, has been developed with the full collaboration of COGPED and incorporates feedback from trainees who took the RCA exam in the summer, says Dr Michael Mulholland, RCGP Vice Chair for Professional Development.

10 September 2020

Medical stories about our experiences of grief and loss

During the COVID-19 pandemic I’ve heard extraordinary examples from GPs across the UK about their experiences of patient loss. I am looking to collate shared individual medical stories about our experiences of grief and loss as told by you.

03 September 2020

Restarting GP appraisals

Today we have heard that GP appraisals in England will be restarting from October 2020. This follows similar announcements for doctors in Scotland and Wales.