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22 January 2024

RCGP leads way in promoting safety, effectiveness and importance of MMR vaccination

RCGP Chair Kamila Hawthorne discussed the worrying increase in measles presentations with BBC Radio 4, LBC, the Daily Mail and inews.

22 January 2024

College calls for ‘more investment in general practice, not less’

Response to Lib Dem research showing that funding for general practice has, in real terms, fallen by £350m since 2019.

19 January 2024

Research needed to explore reasons for increase in people unable to work due to back pain, says RCGP

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, RCGP Chair, responds to ONS figures showing an increase in the number of people signed off as unable to work due to back pain.

10 January 2024

‘We need to expand retention initiatives; not stop the ones we have’ says College Chair

Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to the planned cessation of two retention initiatives: the GP Fellowship programme and the Supporting Mentors scheme.

10 January 2024

‘Damp and mould can have a serious impact on a person’s health’ says College Chair

College Chair, Professor Kamila Hawthorne, featured in The Guardian today commenting on the health risks of damp and mould exposure.

08 January 2024

‘We can't escape fundamental shortfalls in funding and workforce planning’ says College Chair

College Chair featured in Pulse commenting on the number of practices unable to allocate staff time and resources to the General Practice Improvement Plan.

04 January 2024

General practice had busiest November on record, latest figures show

The RCGP has responded to the latest general practice data from NHS England, which shows general practice had the busiest November on record.

03 January 2024

‘Unwarranted GP bashing only makes our situation worse’ says College Chair

Comments made by RCGP Chair, Professor Kamila Hawthorne, about the growing abuse levied against GPs across the NHS feature in inews

02 January 2024

'Ghost patients' nothing sinister, simply a records management issue - College responds to figures

College Vice Chair, Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown, featured in The Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent responding to an investigation into ‘ghost patients’.