North West England Faculty

Welcome to the North West England Faculty. We support over 3,500 members, Fellows, GP registrars and students in Central and Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria. 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.

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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!

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23 November 2024

Effective out of hours training | part 1, emergency work, safeguarding, complaints & safety, COVID-19, ethics and organisational aspects

A two-part online course for GP Trainees and GPs new to OOH working towards urgent and unscheduled care competencies. Delegates can sign up to both sessions separately (23 November 2024, 09:00-13:25 and 30 November 2024, 09:00-13:25) to complete the course, however each part can be undertaken as stand-alone sessions.

23 November 2024

GP Registrar Conference - Empowering Tomorrow's GPs

GP Registrars are invited to attend this free all-day conference in Manchester. This conference offers an unmissable opportunity for both personal and professional development, with a diverse program designed to inspire and support your journey in general practice. It aims to ‘empower tomorrow’s GPs’ with a broad range of inspiring speakers, workshops and panel discussions to engage GP Registrars in hearing about opportunities to enhance their training now and beyond CCT. We hope you will be able to join us. Breakfast, lunch, tea/coffee are all included free for RCGP members

23 November 2024

Breakout Session 2 - Portfolio & Reflections

AKT/SCA - Breakout Session 1: Dr Kiran Baillal, First5 co-lead for RCGP North West England Faculty, will be delivering this session which aims to provide support to GP Registrars on navigating the trainee portfolio and in writing reflections.

23 November 2024

Breakout session 1 - AKT/SCA

AKT/SCA - Breakout Session 1: This workshop will be led by Dr Mohan Kumar, Associate Director at the North West Deanery and an experienced GP Trainer. This engaging session will cover top tips for the AKT & SCA exams.

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Local training and development

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.

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

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

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

Meet your faculty

Executive Team

  • Dr Uwadiae Ima-Edomwonyi – Chair
  • Dr Alison Lea – Provost
  • Dr Robert West – Vice Chair
  • Dr Ben Addlestone – Honorary Secretary
  • Dr Dunni Adeniyi – Honorary Treasurer 

College Council representatives

  • Dr Bushra Kamal and Dr Ben Addlestone – Council representatives
  • Dr Alison Lea and Dr Robert West – Deputy Council representatives

GP registrar representatives

  • Dr Thomas France – Lead
  • Dr Rizwaan Lakhi
  • Dr Nina Zhang
  • Dr Raj Sethi

First5 representatives

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

Established GPs representatives

  • Dr Alison Lea – Co-Lead
  • Dr Ishaan Saxena – Co-Lead

Late Career & Retired Members representatives

  • Prof Mark Gabbay - Lead

Sustainability and Health Inequalities representatives

  • Dr Dunni Adeniyi – Co-lead
  • Dr Christine Umeadi – Co-lead
  • Dr Nina Zhang
  • Dr Jawad Haq
  • Dr Nana Abdulkadir Ahmed Sa'id

Physical Activities and Lifestyle Pursuits

  • Dr Bushra Kamal – Lead
  • Dr Rizwaan Lakhi
  • Dr Faran Akbar
  • Dr Nana Abdulkadir Ahmed Sa'id

International Medical Graduate representatives

  • Dr Narveshwar Sinha – Co-lead
  • Dr Isma Ali – Co-lead
  • Dr Maryam Tukur – Co-lead

EDI representatives

  • Dr Sana Arif - Lead

International representatives

  • Dr Narveshwar Sinha – Co-lead
  • Dr Isma Ali – Co-lead
  • Dr Maryam Tukur – Co-lead

GP Soc representatives

  • Dr Dunni Adeniyi
  • Dr Kiran Baillal

Contact us

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

Telephone: 0203 188 7791
Email: nwengland@rcgp.org.uk

Office opening hours: 09:30 - 17:00, Tuesday to Thursday.
Your local Faculty Administrator is Susan Duncan.

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