Yorkshire Faculty
Welcome from the Yorkshire Faculty. We support over 2040 members, Fellows, Associates and Associates in Training in the Yorkshire area, which covers West Yorkshire (Leeds, Wakefield, Kirklees, Calderdale) and Harrogate. Alongside supporting our local GPs, we also strive to be the first point of contact for our members. Our board members include medical students from the Leeds GPSoc, First5s and members at all stages of their career. The Yorkshire Faculty is one of few Faculties to also have non-GP members on its board including nurses and clinical pharmacists.
Latest Faculty updates
White Rose initiative
November 2023
In addition to the services we provide to members locally, we have joined with Humber and the Ridings and South Yorkshire North Trent Faculties to consider an education programme that meets the needs of members across our County.
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Upcoming events
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.
Board meetings
We rely on members to play an active role locally, promoting the college and the Faculty's aims and objectives but also, we rely on you to bring your ideas to the Faculty board about how we can continue to improve the services that we offer. All members are welcome to attend Faculty board meetings, which take place four times a year (February, June, September and November) online via Zoom. The Yorkshire Faculty board is made up of a wide range or members from Medical Students from the Leeds GPSoc, FY doctors, AiTs, First5s and members at all stages of their career. We also have non GP members on the board including nurses, and clinical pharmacists.
Local training and development
We are keen to support the educational and training needs of our members and regularly arrange social and educational events within Yorkshire to help members network with their peers.
First5
November 2023
We support our GP members within their first five years following CCT. We have First5 representatives on our faculty board who are keen to support First5 colleagues and organise initiatives to bring them together. They can be contacted via the faculty office.
Fellowship
November 2023
The Faculty actively encourages its members of 5 years' plus standing to consider putting themselves forward for Fellowship. We have a Fellowship lead within the faculty who can offer advice and support. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this further.
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
Dr Gwyn Elias - Faculty Chair
Dr Abdullah Albeyatti - Provost
Dr Aisling MacCormac - Vice Chair
- Dr Gwyn Elias - Chair and Faculty Council Rep
- Dr Peter Davies - Honorary Secretary
- Dr Philip Xiu - Honorary Treasurer
Faculty board members
- Dr Ed Bylina - LCARM/GP Families Lead
- Dr Azza Elghonaimy - Deputy Council Representative
- Dr Rhian Last
- Dr Andrew Sixsmith
- Dr Peter Davies
- Dr Abdul Mustafa
- Leeds GPSoc
- Dr Fawad Azam
- Dr Jude Danby - LCARM & GP Families Lead
- Dr Azza Elghonaimy - Nationally Elected Council Rep
- Dr Will Robertson - Climate Change and Sustainability Rep
- Dr Sophie Till - First5 Lead
- Kareem Mohamed - Pharmacist Rep
- Gil Ramsden - Nurse Rep
- Ruth Colbeck - Nurse Rep
- Dr Mary Robertson - AiT Rep
Contact us
RCGP Yorkshire Faculty
The Outset
Sankey Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1NN
Telephone: 020 3188 7788
Email: yorkshire@rcgp.org.uk
Office opening hours: 08:00 - 16:30, Monday to Thursday.
Your Faculty Administrator is Antonia Ford - email antonia.ford@rcgp.org.uk.
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