RCGP news
22 January 2022
College supports calls for delay to mandatory vaccination deadline for NHS staff
The RCGP supports calls for delay to mandatory vaccination deadline for NHS staff.
22 January 2022
College backs delay to mandatory vaccinations for NHS staff
Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.
20 January 2022
RCGP responds to CQC’s ‘Ethnic minority-led GP practices: impact and experience of CQC regulation’ report
Professor Martin Marshall, RCGP Chair, responds to the CQC's latest report ‘Ethnic minority-led GP practices: impact and experience of CQC regulation.'
12 January 2022
RCGPNI: exceptional achievement for general practice as half a million receive booster jab in community
Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners in Northern Ireland, Dr Laurence Dorman has praised the exceptional contribution of GPs and practice teams across Northern Ireland, as we reach the milestone of 500,000 booster jabs delivered in general practice.
10 January 2022
Efforts need ‘stepping up’ to meet 26,000 extra practice staff target
The RCGP has been making the case for years that general practice is working under intense workload and workforce pressures.
06 January 2022
RCGP responds to Health and Social Care Committee Report on NHS backlog
Professor Martin Marshall, RCGP Chair, responds to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report 'Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic.'
04 January 2022
NHS pressures not confined to hospitals: immediate action needed to tackle GP workload and workforce pressures
Responding to Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech this morning, in which he referenced how difficult it was to get a GP appointments, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.
29 December 2021
GP staff access to Covid testing ‘vital’ says RCGP
Covid testing is key to ensuring GPs and other healthcare professionals are safe to deliver frontline patient care.
22 December 2021
Capsule endoscopies’ to detect bowel cancer are a welcome innovation – but must be robustly evaluated, says College
The College has responded to NHS England’s announcement of miniature cameras ‘no bigger than a pill’ being trialled to check for bowel cancer.
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