About

A warm welcome from the North West England Faculty. We support over 3,500 members, Fellows, Associates and GP Registrars throughout the Central and Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria area. The Faculty has an active leadership role in the GP Excellence Program supporting its practices and GPs.

We have developed links with outside stakeholders (for example HENW, The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Local Cancer Care Networks, Local Clinical Allergies Network and Social Enterprise) which provide an excellent network within primary care. One of our main priorities is to engage with all members, especially new members. Here you can find out more about what we offer and how you can get involved.

Get involved

Our diverse group holds four board meetings a year to discuss a range of topics surrounding general practice and what further support could be offered to GPs at all stages of their career. These are either held online or in person.

One of the aims of our meetings is to gain grassroots views on issues of motions to present to the national RCGP Council.

You are welcome to attend these board meetings as an observer or join the board yourself through our annual elections process. Just get in touch if you would like to attend or visit our Faculties page to find out more information about Faculty Boards.

RCGP North Twitter account

May 2024

As you may be aware, we are now working collaboratively within the following career communities across the North of England:

• Later Career and Retired Members - Susan Duncan
• GP registrars - Toni Ford
• Established GPs - Clare Bartram
• First5 - Sarah Adams

Each Faculty will still be working on local events for these groups but now we also aim to combine our knowledge and expertise to produce quality events for these career communities across the 7 Northern Faculties. For more information, please click the names above next to each career community.

As a result we've started a joint Twitter account with the 7 Northern Faculties - NW England, Mersey, Cumbria, South Yorkshire North Trent, Yorkshire, Humber & The Ridings and North East England. Follow us for joint ventures!

GP registrar support

October 2024

We work in collaboration with the North Western Deanery to support the network of GP Educators in their delivery of the GP Curriculum to North West Trainees. We have a full faculty committee leading on GP registrar provision in the area. Please follow us to find out more about our upcoming events.

• Dr Thomas France - GP registrar lead
• Dr Rizwaan Lakhi
• Dr Nina Zhang
• Dr Raj Sethi

Please contact us if you would like more information or want to get involved with shaping our GP registrar offer.

First5 support 

October 2024

We have an active First5s in the NW with a WhatsApp group. If you are interested or would like to find out more information, please contact us

The variety and amount of electronic resources out there can be both overwhelming and difficult to navigate in searching for relevant information. Here are some commonly used and established resources that may help you in finding answers to your PUNS, DENS or just general learning.

• NHS Toolkit
• RCGP Revalidation update page and access to the Revalidation Portfolio

The North West England Faculty committee:

• Dr Jawad Haq – First5 Co-lead
• Dr Kiran Baillal – First 5 Co-lead
• Dr Annabelle Clarke
• Dr Dhiviya Tharan

North West England GP Society

The faculty has an active GP Soc involving Lancaster University, Manchester University and University of Central Lancashire.  There are 2 members of the faculty board who work with the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of each university to develop and increase engagement.

Faculty Board representatives:

• Dr Dunni Adeniyi – GP Soc Co-lead
• Dr Kiran Baillal – GP Soc Co-lead

University Representatives:

• Rachel Kumar - President - Lancaster University GPSoc
• Lee Melo - Vice-president, Lancaster University GPSoc
• Manaal Mudassar - President, University of Manchester GPSoc
• Inithini Geevakumar - Vice-president, University of Manchester GPSoc

Upcoming events

Our board is instrumental in producing a lively programme of events for local members, from localised CPD opportunities, to family fun days and celebration evenings, everything is tailored to our 3,500 members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:

Awards and prizes

Each year we recognise outstanding members working in our faculty. We have annual prizes to support our student members, and also a range of Recognition Awards which we present at our annual celebration evening. Read more about our awards and prizes and please do contact us if you would like to find out more.

Fellowship

October 2024

Fellowship is an honour and a mark of achievement recognising a significant contribution to:

• health and welfare of the community
• science or practice of medicine
• aims of RCGP, or any organisation which benefits general practice

Full details of applying for fellowship can be found at RCGP fellowship. We now have an offline application route. If you are unsure about any part of fellowship or want to know more about the process contact us for more information.

The faculty actively encourages its members of 5 years' plus standing to consider putting themselves forward for Fellowship. We have a Faculty Fellowship Committee (FFC) within the faculty, led by our Provost, Dr Alison Lea. The FFC can offer advice and support through the faculty office.

Friedlander bursary

For anybody who has submitted and a research paper/poster for a medical conference, and subsequently had it accepted the Friedlander Fund will support you by reimbursing some of the costs occurred for attending the conference.

There are 3 annual bursaries of up to £200 each which can be applied for as follows

Criteria to apply

• Must be a medical/clinical or academic conference
• Must be a North West England Faculty RCGP member who Is attending to present the work
• Must have had the paper accepted
• Must have receipts/evidence of spending*

Please apply in writing in no more than 250 words why you should be considered to nwengland@rcgp.org.uk. Please provide a copy of the paper or poster for consideration with information on the conference you are attending.

Please ensure you provide the following information in your application:

• Your name, employer/practice and RCGP membership number
• What have you been accepted for (i.e. poster/oral poster/oral presentation)
• Title of project and submission to conference (if different)
• Methods used
• Main findings of your research
• What difference it will make to practice/education
• Your role in the project
• Future plans
• Any other dissemination plans/papers proposed from this project

(*Please note this is a reimbursement of expenses already incurred.)

Friedlander support hub

In order to help you apply for this and other bursaries our Faculty can offer guidance and support on the process. If you wish to have your application given a critical read before submission by our "committee" please email nwengland@rcgp.org.uk.

Please find below some links to website you may find useful.

NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) provides free and confidential advice for funding applications, including clinical, applied health and social care research, and post-award advice to award holders.

NIHR Applied Research Collaborations

• NW England area
• Greater Manchester and E Cheshire areas

Meet your faculty

Contact us

RCGP North West England Faculty
The Outset
Sankey Street
Warrington
WA1 1NN

Telephone: 07342 998773
Email: nwengland@rcgp.org.uk

Your local Faculty Administrator is Gillian Boggan.
Working days: Monday to Wednesday, 09:00 - 17:00

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Useful links

• North Western Deanery
• University of Central Lancashire