RCGP news
03 December 2022
RCGP Chair writes to Health Secretary outlining dangers of publishing practice-level data
RCGP Chair outlines the dangers of publishing arbitrary practice-level data comparisons that fuel anti-GP rhetoric and damage patient relationships.
30 November 2022
RCGP statement on patients’ access to their GP records
The RCGP has been engaging closely with NHS England over plans to grant patients automatic access to their prospective records from 1 November 2022.
29 November 2022
'Naming and shaming' individual GPs and practices 'unhelpful, demoralising' and damages trust, says new RCGP Chair
RCGP Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to media coverage commenting on the individual working arrangements of some GP practices.
29 November 2022
Workforce survey data insufficient to measure the workload, workforce, and welfare crisis in general practice
RCGP Scotland response to today's release of the 2022 General Practice Workforce Survey.
28 November 2022
Rise in patient complaints the consequence of an overstretched service, not the fault of GP teams
Response to newly published data on written complaints in the NHS.
26 November 2022
Inflammatory headlines ignore exceptional work of GP teams and jeopardise patient trust in care
RCGP Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne hits back at unfair, anti-GP media coverage of a published practice-level consultation, now published by the Telegraph.
24 November 2022
Government needs to address root cause of GP pressures – not undermine the hard work of GP teams, says new College Chair
New RCGP Chair Kamila Hawthorne has hit out at the publication of data allowing ‘arbitrary comparisons’ between GP practices.
18 November 2022
The job of a GP will become ‘manageable’ again, College Chair Martin Marshall tells members as he steps down
Professor Martin Marshall steps down as College Chair today after three years.
16 November 2022
Direct access to diagnostics will reassure patients - but GP workforce must be increased and given appropriate training and support
The College has responded to NHS England’s latest announcement on providing GPs with direct access to diagnostics for suspected cancers.
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