RCGP news
07 December 2022
Hardworking GPs need timely warnings about local antibiotic shortages in fight against Strep A, says College
Chair of the RCGP responds to reports of antibiotic shortages in some areas, making it harder for GPs to control and treat cases of Strep A in children.
05 December 2022
Difficulties in accessing GP services are not the fault of hardworking GP teams, College tells Labour Party
RCGP Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne has responded to today’s announcement from the Labour Party on access to GP services.
05 December 2022
‘Digital’ health checks must be evidence-based and robustly evaluated, says RCGP
Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the RCGP comments on plans from the Department of Health and Social Care to trial ‘at home’ NHS Health Checks.
04 December 2022
Charging for GP appointments not the solution to NHS pressures
Professor Kamila Hawthorne has written to The Sunday Times opposing charges for GP appointments. A slightly abridged version of the following has been published today.
03 December 2022
RCGP Chair writes to Health Secretary outlining dangers of publishing practice-level data
RCGP Chair outlines the dangers of publishing arbitrary practice-level data comparisons that fuel anti-GP rhetoric and damage patient relationships.
30 November 2022
RCGP statement on patients’ access to their GP records
The RCGP has been engaging closely with NHS England over plans to grant patients automatic access to their prospective records from 1 November 2022.
29 November 2022
'Naming and shaming' individual GPs and practices 'unhelpful, demoralising' and damages trust, says new RCGP Chair
RCGP Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to media coverage commenting on the individual working arrangements of some GP practices.
29 November 2022
Workforce survey data insufficient to measure the workload, workforce, and welfare crisis in general practice
RCGP Scotland response to today's release of the 2022 General Practice Workforce Survey.
28 November 2022
Rise in patient complaints the consequence of an overstretched service, not the fault of GP teams
Response to newly published data on written complaints in the NHS.
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