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31 January 2025

Patients in deprived areas face even harder struggle to see a GP in the future, warns College

Patients in vast swathes of the country could find it even harder to see a GP in the future if vital funding to attract doctors to deprived areas is withdrawn, warns the Royal College of GPs.

30 January 2025

‘Just one step in a long journey’: RCGP responds to NHS England’s 25/26 Planning Guidance

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to NHS England’s 2025/26 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance.

30 January 2025

The loss of the School of Nursing would be a blow to general practice

RCGP Cymru Wales is disappointed and worried by the proposal to close the School of Nursing at Cardiff University.

28 January 2025

'Whole person' approach needed to tackle gambling harms, warns College

Dr Adrian Hayter, Medical Director for Clinical Policy, responds to new NICE guidance on identifying, assessing, and managing gambling-related harms

28 January 2025

‘Continuity can be beneficial for the entire NHS’ says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to research from the University of Exeter – published in the BJGP – on how continuity of care can reduce demand in primary and emergency care.

27 January 2025

RCGP Scotland ‘encouraged’ by First Minister’s promise of more funding for general practice

The Chair of RCGP Scotland has responded to First Minister John Swinney MSP's speech on 'improving public services - NHS renewal'.

23 January 2025

‘Extra capacity must not be immediately outstripped by workload’ says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to the latest NHS Digital data on the GP workforce.

23 January 2025

GP employment crisis is ‘simply unacceptable’, says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to the latest joint Cogora and Rebuild General Practice report on GP workforce.

22 January 2025

‘Without reform, the unsustainable cycle of pressure will continue’ says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne featured in HSJ with supportive comment of a new joint plan from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives to reform urgent and emergency care.