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02 February 2023

Welsh Government Workforce Plan announced

Responding to this week’s Workforce Plan announced by the Welsh Government, a spokesperson for RCGP Cymru Wales said the following.

30 January 2023

New stats show Government must urgently address GP pressures and rising cost of living

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the RCGP, responds to ONS figures on the impact of winter pressures between 22 November to 18 November 2022.

26 January 2023

General practice is understaffed, underfunded and overstretched - and we and our patients deserve more, says College

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the RCGP, responds to the latest GP workforce and workload data published by NHS Digital.

23 January 2023

We simply don’t have enough doctors to cope with the numbers of patients who need our services, says College Chair

College Chair wrote for yesterday’s Sunday Express as part of a special report headlined It’s time to place GPs at the heart of our NHS.

23 January 2023

Pharmacy services must not be seen as substitutes for GPs, says College Chair

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne has issued the following response to a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy, calling for action to relieve funding pressures for pharmacists and new powers to help with NHS backlogs.

21 January 2023

Charging patients for GP appointments will not work, warns College

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne has issued the following statement in response to former Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s call for patients to pay for GP appointments and visits to A&E

20 January 2023

Abuse of GPs is ‘unacceptable’, says RCGP

RCGP Chair responds to a Pulse survey that revealed widespread physical and verbal abuse of GPs and their staff.

20 January 2023

Health leaders request urgent meeting with Secretary of State over health crisis

Royal College leaders representing thousands of doctors and nurses in Northern Ireland have written to the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris requesting an urgent meeting in light of the ongoing health crisis.

16 January 2023

Antidepressants can be effective when prescribed appropriately - but access to alternative mental health treatments needs to be improved

College response to the announcement of new draft NICE guidance on deprescribing antidepressants.