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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

RCGP outlines 5-point patient care plan amidst 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.

22 June 2022

Urgent action needed to reverse ‘mass exodus’ of almost 19,000 GPs over the next five years, warns Royal College of GPs

The RCGP warns that general practice is facing a ‘mass exodus’ if steps are not taken to address intense workload and workforce pressures.

17 June 2022

Prescribing ‘core skill’ for GPs and vast majority of prescriptions not ‘unnecessary’, says RCGP

The College has responded to comments by Prof Sir Stephen Powis, Medical Director for NHS England, at the NHS Confed Expo on “unnecessary prescriptions”.

15 June 2022

College gives cautious welcome to early cancer detection pilot

RCGP Chair responds to a new pilot scheme, announced at NHS Expo, for community pharmacists to assist with identifying signs of cancer early in patients.