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31 March 2022

GPs need support to manage sustained rises in need for care, highlights consultation data

Today's figures show that GPs and our teams are continuing to work flat out to deliver more consultations with patients than in the same month pre-pandemic, with almost half of these delivered on the same day.

30 March 2022

New public satisfaction rates reflect 'crippling' staffing and resource pressures

Responding to the Kings Fund and Nuffield Trust Report: 'Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2021’

30 March 2022

RCGP ‘extremely disappointed’ by result of vote on Lords Amendment 29 to Health and Care Bill

RCGP responding to the result of the vote on the workforce planning amendment (Lords Amendment 29) to the Health and Care Bill in the House of Commons this evening.

22 March 2022

Rise in prescribing anti-anxiety medications suggests more patients are open to seeking help for men

Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the RCGP responds to a BJGP study: the rise in prescribing for anxiety in the UK primary care between 2003 and 2018.

22 March 2022

College comments on fall in gastro-intestinal infection during pandemic

Responding to research published in BMJ Open Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

21 March 2022

RCGP response to comments on ‘uberisation’ of general practice

Responding to comments made by Jeremy Hunt MP, Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, today, Professor Martin Marshall said the following.

11 March 2022

Accelerated Citizen Access to GP Data

We are committed to working to support patients to access and make the best use of their GP records. However, patient access to their records is not without risk.

04 March 2022

Urgent rescue package and adequate staffing needed to keep general practice sustainable for the future

Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs has responded to the Policy Exchange report ‘At your service’ published today.

28 February 2022

College sets record straight on GP training on eating disorders

For most people with mental health issues, including eating disorders, their GP will be their first port of call when seeking help and this is a responsibility GPs take very seriously.