Thames Valley Faculty

A warm welcome from Thames Valley Faculty. We are a group of volunteer RCGP members who provide local networking, education and support for members in the area. We cover Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, supporting around 2200 Members, Fellows, Associates and GP registrars. As a Faculty, we have a particular interest in supporting our members' CPD and professional development and provide a range of education courses, all tailored to local needs.

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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.

13 November 2024

Annual General Meeting 2024

Join us for your AGM 2024 - Hybrid format, both in person at 30 Euston Square and Online

19 November 2024

Books on Prescription - how reading can support better patient outcomes

Join us for this FREE webinar covering how GPs can use this evidence-based resource to support their patients, providing practical strategies and techniques you can use in your day-to-day practice.

Board meetings

We meet four times per year, in February, June, September and November to progress our local engagement activities and discuss issues pertinent to our members, which are then fed back to the College Council. All members of the Faculty are invited to attend Board meetings - please contact us for more information and to express interest in attending.

Faculty board vacancies

Would you like the opportunity to help shape the future of general practice? Local faculties are always seeking more members to join their local boards, you could be helping to connect, represent, develop and celebrate the future of general practice.

The Thames Valley faculty are currently seeking to fill the following roles:

  • Vice Chair 
  • EDI Rep 
  • General Board Members 

Please contact the faculty administrator at thamesvalley3@rcgp.org.uk for further information and a role description.

Meet your Faculty

Faculty officers

  • Dr Peter Burke, Chair  
  • Dr John Rawlinson, Provost
  • Dr Diptasri Sen, Honorary Secretary & First5 Lead 
  • Dr Luke Allen, Honorary Treasurer
  • Dr Shamila Wanninayake, Council Rep 
  • Dr Salman Waqar, Education Lead 

Faculty Board members

  • Dr Helen Crawley, International Rep 
  • Dr Lisa Jayne Edwards, GP Registrar Rep  
  • Dr James Kennedy, Board member 
  • Dr Oluwatoyo Adenjii, Board Member 
  • Dr Michael Mulhollan, Board Member 
  • Dr Adeola Okesanya, Board Member 
  • Dr Imran Azizullah, Board Member 
  • Dr Suchita Shah, Board Member 
  • Dr Angela Wilson, Climate & Sustainability Lead 
  • Dr Ann Howard, LCaRM Rep
  • Dr Laura Armitage, Board Member 
  • Dr Ian Wood, Board Member
  • Dr Priya Kumar, Board Member 

Contact us

RCGP Thames Valley Faculty
30 Euston Square
London
NW1 2FB

Telephone: 07342 998750
Email: thamesvalley3@rcgp.org.uk

Office opening hours: 09:00 - 15:00, Monday to Thursday.

Your local Faculty Administrator is Nicola Husbands.

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