North East England Faculty

Welcome to the North East England Faculty of the RCGP. We are a dedicated group of volunteer GPs and allied health professionals working in primary care, committed to providing education, support, and professional development to our members across the region. Covering the area from the Scottish border down to Teesside, and extending west to the Cumbrian border, we serve approximately 1900 RCGP members. Our faculty offers a wide variety of learning opportunities and wellbeing-focused sessions, including collaborative Connect events, all designed to enhance professional growth and personal resilience within the healthcare community.

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06 November 2024

How to say NO!

Are you always taking on too much? Are there times when you know you should have said no? Join us for tips and advice on of to learn this skill and make your life and time easier.

07 November 2024

Complaints – their impact, why they happen and how to manage them.

In this session Dr Doug Devoy will discuss the reasons why patients take action against us, the impact complaints can have on our morale and potentially our professional welfare, and how to respond to them. This will be an informative and case based presentation.

08 November 2024

Telephone consulting and triage skills

This online course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when practiced effectively. This day will give you tools and techniques to best handle remote telephone consultations.

08 November 2024

Active Bystander Training

This event focuses on challenging inappropriate workplace behaviours from patients and colleagues and will give you the tools needed to be able to do this confidently. Witnessing verbal and physical abuse, discrimination, racism and micro-aggression effects everyone! This event has been developed to support ALL members of the Primary Care Team and we welcome anyone who works in a primary care setting to this event.

Board meetings

These are the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Faculty Board meetings: 

  • Purpose: The RCGP Faculty Board meets four times a year to discuss local issues and activities that are important to members. The Council representative then shares information with the College Council on general practice policy and RCGP membership. 
  • Who attends: All local members are welcome to attend and participate in the discussions. The board is made up of GP volunteers, lay representatives, and members from local groups like GP registrars and First5. Observers are also welcome, especially medical students, Foundation Doctors, and GP registrars. 
  • How to attend: The meetings are held online via Zoom.

GP registrar and First5 meeting dates

Events are currently being organised for 2024 and are always looking for new exciting speakers and topics. If you have a specific interest educational topics please let us know. We also have a new group forming and creating some exciting social events, if you wish to be involved or you would like further information please contact the Faculty office. Next year we have football, badminton and a painting session planned! If you would like to suggest other ideas, please do let us know!

Please see the events' page for upcoming lectures which are free to members.

Local training and development

RCGP Fellowship

We have an active Fellowship committee who regularly review applications and encourage members to apply for Fellowship. If you wish to self-nominate or nominate someone else please contact the Faculty for further advice. We can provide guidance and support you through the process. The Faculty currently have three nominations which are under discussion. For more information view the Fellowship page.

We also have a Fellowship dinner taking place in March 2025, this will also be an opportunity for those who wish to apply for Fellowship to ask those important questions.

Meet your faculty

Faculty Officers

Dr Rachel Taylor - Chair

  • Dr James Larcombe - Provost
  • Dr Raj Bethapudi - Deputy Chair
  • Dr Arvind Rajagopal - Honorary Treasurer
  • Dr Lynsey Rae - First 5 Lead and Honorary Secretary
  • Dr Lily Lamb - Council Representative

Faculty Board Members

  • Dr Robert Lambourn - Rurality Lead
  • Dr Adebola Adisa - Wellbeing Lead
  • Dr Irbaz Khan - GP Registrar Lead
  • Dr Alan Fortune - LCARM Lead
  • Dr Paula Wright
  • Dr Suzanne Kay-Worrall
  • Dr Elliott Philips
  • Dr Sam Bethapudi
  • Dr Paul Evans
  • Dr Joanne Stutchbury

Contact us

RCGP North East England Faculty

Telephone: 0203 188 7698
Email: nengland@rcgp.org.uk

Your local Faculty Administrator is Clare Bartram.

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