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01 November 2023

‘GPs are trying to do their very best for patients’, says College Chair

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to the latest NHS data on patient complaints in primary care.

31 October 2023

‘Priority must be given to safeguarding medical facilities, patients and staff’, says College in latest update on Middle East conflict

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne has today issued the RCGP’s latest response to the ongoing situation in the Middle East.

30 October 2023

‘We must guard against a two-tier system’, says College Chair

Professor Kamila Hawthorne appears in today’s Guardian responding to a survey by Pulse which found that nearly half of NHS GPs reported rising workloads.

29 October 2023

‘We are the front-line service’, says College Chair

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne featured in yesterday’s Sunday Express defending GPs over waiting times for appointments.

27 October 2023

‘They are not a substitute for GPs’, says College Chair

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne features in The Telegraph commenting on non-GP roles in primary care and the need for regulation of Physician Associates.

27 October 2023

‘GPs often end up the fall guys for the government’s failure’, says College Chair

RCGP Chair appears in the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph responding to claims by the Lib Dems that complaints about dentistry and general practice are rising.

25 October 2023

RCGP Scotland comment on the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care's statement on winter planning

Joint Chair of RCGP Scotland comments on the ministerial Statement on Planning for Winter 2023-24 and Ongoing Resilience Across Health and Social Care.

19 October 2023

Destruction of general practice has to stop, says RCGP Chair

The UK’s leading GP will issue a stark warning to the next government as she gives her inaugural keynote speech to the RCGP Annual Conference in Glasgow this Thursday (19 October).

19 October 2023

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne addressed members this morning at the RCGP annual conference

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne addressed members at the RCGP conference in Glasgow this morning.