South Yorkshire, North Trent Faculty
Welcome from South Yorkshire North Trent Faculty. South Yorkshire North Trent Faculty (SYNT) supports over 1100 members, Fellows, Associates and Associates in Training in the South Yorkshire area, which covers Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster, Chesterfield and Worksop. As a Faculty, we offer excellent CPD courses and professional training courses. Alongside supporting our local GPs, we also strive to be the first point of contact for our members. Members of the Faculty contribute to shaping the future of general practice by having a say in issues pertinent to GPs which is then fed back to College Council.
Get involved
04 July 2024
The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course
This open to all one-day training course aims to improve your consultation skills and as a result pass your SCA. The course offers interactive sessions with experienced trainers and examiners.
05 July 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.
09 July 2024
Child & adult safeguarding: level 3 | Online
This RCGP Level 3 safeguarding course is for any GP practising in England. As GPs, we care for both children and adults and the course reflects this, covering child and adult safeguarding topics – individually and jointly. The course will be based around practical considerations for busy frontline GPs. There will be plenty of time for questions throughout the day. CPD Points: includes 4 hours of child safeguarding and 4 hours of adult safeguarding.
09 July 2024
Effective out of hours training | part 2: COVID-19, Ethics, Organisational Aspects
This four-part online course is aimed at GP Trainees and GPs new to out of hours, working towards their urgent and unscheduled care competencies and GPs wanting to start or return to out of hours work.
Local training and development
RCGP Fellowship
November 2023
The Faculty actively encourages its members of five 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 Dominic Patterson. The FFC can offer advice and support through the faculty office. For more information view the Fellowship page.
Membership for All
November 2023
Membership for all means any GPs who have been on the GMC GP register for a minimum of five years and have completed at least one revalidation cycle (or completed CEGPR) will now be eligible to apply for membership via a new, inclusive route. For more information, visit the Membership for all webpage.
Meet your faculty
Faculty Officers
Karen Forshaw, Chair
Dr Dominic Patterson, Provost
Dr Sylvia Kana, Vice Chair and IMG Lead
- Dr Rahul Kacker, Honorary Treasurer
- Dr Emma Wong, First5 Lead and Nationally Elected Council Rep
- Dr Janet Hall, Council Representative
Faculty Board Members
- Dr Prabhu Shanmugam
- Dr Alan Shirley
- Dr Emmanuel Okeleke
- Dr Suman Thullimali
- Dr Ben Jackson
- Dr Karen Forshaw - Mid-Career GP Representative
- Ria Agarwal - AHP Rep
- Maria Hadley-Howell - AHP Rep
- Professor Chris Burton - Professor of Primary Medical Care, Sheffield University
- Dr Sylvia Kama
- Dr Mike Cooper - First5 Lead
- Dr Sarah Clubb - EDI Lead
- Jake Bertie - Clinical Pharmacist Rep
- Dr Helen Twohig - Climate Change and Sustainability Rep
- Anakin Mallick - GPSoc
- Dr Gireesha Verma - AiT Rep
- Dr Justine Dunning - AiT Rep
- Dr Marta Lewandowska - AiT Rep
- Dr Lee Oughton
- Dr Sufian Ali
Contact us
RCGP South Yorkshire North Trent Faculty Office
The Outset
Sankey Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1NN
Telephone: 020 3188 7785
Email: synt@rcgp.org.uk
Office opening hours: 08:30 - 16:00, Monday to Friday.
Your local Faculty Administrator is Antonia Ford
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