RCGP news
28 July 2022
Latest GP statistics show intensity of working in general practice ‘unsustainable and unsafe’ for patients and staff
Responding to the latest general practice workforce and workload data.
22 July 2022
Patient access to their records
NHS England confirms that English patients using TPP and EMIS systems will automatically access to their records via patient facing apps from November 2022.
15 July 2022
Professor Kamila Hawthorne elected as next Chair of RCGP
RCGP elects Professor Kamila Hawthorne as its next Chair. She will serve a three-year term from November 2022, succeeding Professor Martin Marshall.
05 July 2022
More than 4,600 GPs demand Health Secretary takes action to address GP pressures that are impacting on patient care
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in England, Sajid Javid, needs to take urgent action to support GPs and their teams so that they can deliver the care patients need, more than 4,600 GPs and GP trainees are demanding.
30 June 2022
Healthcare leaders unite in calling for bold action to reduce the environmental harm caused by prescribing
Healthcare leaders from across Scotland have today issued a rallying call for bold action to reduce the environmental impact caused by medicine prescribing.
30 June 2022
Royal College of GPs response to Health Foundation report warning of escalating crisis in general practice
Professor Martin Marshall, RCGP Chair, says: “These findings from the Health Foundation make for bleak but unfortunately familiar reading..."
29 June 2022
College Chair outlines 5-point plan to reinvigorate continuity of care for patients against a backdrop of GP pressures
RCGP Chair to set out a five-point plan to modernise and reinvigorate continuity of care for patients during Conference keynote speech.
29 June 2022
Chair speaks to conference
Full speech from the RCGP Chair Professor Martin Marshall at the 2022 annual conference.
23 June 2022
College response to detection of poliovirus in the UK
The College has responded to recent reports that the poliovirus has been detected in the UK.
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