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14 February 2025

Money saved on TERS must be channelled to support under-doctored areas, says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to the announcement from NHS England that the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme will not receive funding in 2025/26.

13 February 2025

Abuse of any kind is ‘entirely unacceptable’, says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to reports of an increase in abuse aimed at GP teams.

10 February 2025

‘Recruiting and retaining more GPs is vital if we are to bring back the family doctor’ says College Chair

Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, speaks to the Telegraph about taking the NHS ‘back to basics’.

31 January 2025

Patients in deprived areas face even harder struggle to see a GP in the future, warns College

Patients in vast swathes of the country could find it even harder to see a GP in the future if vital funding to attract doctors to deprived areas is withdrawn, warns the Royal College of GPs.

30 January 2025

‘Just one step in a long journey’: RCGP responds to NHS England’s 25/26 Planning Guidance

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to NHS England’s 2025/26 Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance.

30 January 2025

The loss of the School of Nursing would be a blow to general practice

RCGP Cymru Wales is disappointed and worried by the proposal to close the School of Nursing at Cardiff University.

28 January 2025

'Whole person' approach needed to tackle gambling harms, warns College

Dr Adrian Hayter, Medical Director for Clinical Policy, responds to new NICE guidance on identifying, assessing, and managing gambling-related harms

28 January 2025

‘Continuity can be beneficial for the entire NHS’ says College Chair

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne responds to research from the University of Exeter – published in the BJGP – on how continuity of care can reduce demand in primary and emergency care.

27 January 2025

RCGP Scotland ‘encouraged’ by First Minister’s promise of more funding for general practice

The Chair of RCGP Scotland has responded to First Minister John Swinney MSP's speech on 'improving public services - NHS renewal'.