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01 August 2024

Funding to recruit GPs 'welcome start' but 'not a long-term solution' to GP pressures

RCGP Chair responds to measures taken by the DHSC to allow practices to use Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) funding to recruit GPs.

26 July 2024

GP practice inspections must be ‘safe, fair and proportionate’

RCGP Chair responds to an interim report looking into the operational effectiveness of the CQC.

25 July 2024

‘Technology needs to support patient care, not detract from it’ says College Chair

RCGP Chair responds to a HSSIB report into digital tools for online consultation in general practice.

23 July 2024

Nearly 10,000 GPs urge Health Secretary to tackle the GP workforce 'crisis'

The RCGP leads an open letter calling for a review of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

22 July 2024

College responds to global IT outage

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to reports from members of considerable disruption caused by Microsoft’s global IT outage.

17 July 2024

College announces two new Vice Chairs

The College is pleased to announce its two new members of the Council Officer Team from November 2024.

11 July 2024

GP-patient survey results show general practice must be a priority for new Government

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to latest GP-patient survey results, including that 34% said they waited too long for an appointment.

08 July 2024

College ‘waiting in hope’ that new Government will end years of general practice being ‘poor relation’ of the NHS

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne has said she is ‘really encouraged’ by the new Health and Social Care Secretary’s visit to a GP practice on his first full day.

05 July 2024

The College calls on the new Labour government to make general practice a 'day one' priority

The Royal College of General Practitioners urges the incoming Labour government to make general practice a priority from ‘day one’.