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14 August 2021

GPs need guidelines to identify clinically vulnerable patients

Dr Gary Howsam, RCGP Vice Chair, said: "We agree with the JCVI that vaccinating at-risk 12-15 year olds is a sensible measure to protect them from Covid-19.

11 August 2021

College demands more detail on upcoming Covid booster campaign

Dr Gary Howsam, Vice Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “GPs and our teams have worked incredibly hard to protect as many patients as possible from COVID-19. The vaccination is our route out of this pandemic, and the majority of the programme has been delivered in primary care.

31 July 2021

RCGP Scotland comment on drug related death statistics

Commenting on the publication of drug related death statistics for 2020 by National Records of Scotland (NRS) which showed that there were 1,339 deaths in 2020, an increase of 5% on 2019 and the highest figure on record, Dr Chris Williams Joint Chair of RCGP Scotland said the following.

29 July 2021

College sounds SOS for general practice – and calls for rescue plan

Leading UK GP warns that an emergency rescue package is required for crisis-torn general practice to provide post-pandemic care that patients need.

27 July 2021

Urgent action needed to address burnout in GP trainers and trainees, says RCGP

Responding to the GMC’s National Training Survey, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

19 July 2021

RCGP and BMA statement on the latest plans for GPDPR

Health Minister Jo Churchill has today written to all GPs in England, setting out plans for the next steps for the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme and extending the timeframe beyond 1 September.

17 July 2021

Expanded flu programme

Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

15 July 2021

GPs and teams advise patients on lifestyle choices but ‘prescribing’ certain foods ‘inappropriate’, says RCGP

Professor Martin Marshall, RCGP Chair, responds to the National Food Strategy, particularly on the proposal for GPs to prescribe fruit and veg to patients.

15 July 2021

College launches first online exhibition, Women at the heart of general practice

The Royal College of GPs has launched its first online exhibition, Women at the heart of general practice, to mark women’s contribution to general practice and explore the many changes in the profession since the first British women pioneers began to take formal medical qualifications.