RCGP news
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
Over 4,600 GPs demand action to pressures impacting patients
4,600 GPs and GP trainees demand Health Secretary take urgent action to support GPs and their teams to deliver the care patients need.
30 June 2022
Calls to reduce 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.
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