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Realising the value of RCGP membership

Published on 27 April 2023

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UK GPs face most severe workforce and workload pressures

With increasing financial pressures, we know it's more important than ever to ensure we're providing value for money when it comes to your RCGP membership, ensuring you feel fully supported both personally and professionally.

We want you to see the College as Your Professional Home - a place where you can learn, connect, share ideas and successes, be represented, and feel supported by like-minded peers, in a safe and supportive environment.

You might have noticed these messages coming through in our recent membership renewal communications and they have been developed with the input and support of members at all career stages.

We want to make sure we’re addressing the needs of our wider membership - to make you feel supported and appreciated - and to demonstrate to you the value that membership provides.

It's important that our support services and resources, and representation of the issues that matter most to you underpin these messages. That's why we're busy focusing on some key improvements and developments of our current offering, including:

Reviewing our professional development offer
Evaluating the subscription experience
Improving our international proposition
Exploring a multi-disciplinary membership offer
Enhancing the support we offer at key career transitions - particularly for trainees and newly qualified GPs
Launching a new and improved fellowship system
Delivering more New Members Ceremonies and initiatives to celebrate your outstanding achievements
Improving the Members’ Forum
Developing more career support
Improving RCGP Mentoring.

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