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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.

07 July 2021

GPs must be at the heart of NHS reforms, says College

Responding to the First Reading of the Health and Care Bill, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

08 June 2021

Pause in GP data sharing scheme must be used to ‘properly communicate’ with patients and clinicians

RCGP Chair responds to the announcement that NHS Digital’s GP Data for Planning and Research programme will be paused, following calls for this by the College.

04 June 2021

College update on patient data proposals – GPDPR

On 28 May, the RCGP and BMA wrote to NHS Digital about the GP Data for Planning and Research Programme, urging them to communicate more fully with patients and inform them of their options.

04 June 2021

College writes to Health Secretary calling for immediate delay to patient data proposals

The College has today written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling for an immediate delay to the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme.

12 May 2021

RCGP and BMA statement on GP data for planning and research

NHS Digital has issued a Data Provision Notice (DPN) as part of the development of GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) – a planned replacement for the GP Extraction Service (GPES) to collect data for planning and research from general practices in England.

12 May 2021

Menopause care is included in GP curriculum, says College

Ahead of a Channel 4 documentary being broadcast this evening on menopause, the RCGP have issued the following statement.

11 May 2021

RCGP calls for more in-person GP appointments post COVID

RCGP deems face-to-face consulting an essential element of general practice, so remote consulting should not be an ‘automatic default’ for GPs post pandemic.

08 April 2021

Medical assessments for prospective foster carer and adopters in Wales statement

RCGP Cymru Wales and BMA Cymru Wales issue joint statement on GPs and their teams working hard to make sure patients are safe with COVID-19 vaccines.