North West England Faculty
Welcome to the North West England Faculty. We support over 3,500 members, Fellows, GP registrars and students in Central and Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Faculty has an active leadership role in the GP Excellence Program supporting its practices and GPs. We have developed links with outside stakeholders (for example HENW, The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Local Cancer Care Networks, Local Clinical Allergies Network and Social Enterprise) which provide an excellent network within primary care.
Latest Faculty updates
RCGP North Twitter account
May 2024
As you may be aware, we are now working collaboratively within the following career communities across the North of England:
- Later Career and Retired Members - Susan Duncan
- GP registrars - Toni Ford
- Established GPs - Clare Bartram
- First5 - Sarah Adams
Each Faculty will still be working on local events for these groups but now we also aim to combine our knowledge and expertise to produce quality events for these career communities across the 7 Northern Faculties. For more information, please click the names above next to each career community.
As a result we've started a joint Twitter account with the 7 Northern Faculties - NW England, Mersey, Cumbria, South Yorkshire North Trent, Yorkshire, Humber & The Ridings and North East England. Follow us for joint ventures!
Get involved
Upcoming events
07 January 2025
Fellowship and How to Apply
Fellowship is the RCGP's highest award and is given in recognition of the great work that GPs do. Fellows are not an elite but are grassroots GPs who through their everyday work...
08 January 2025
An introduction to speaking publicly or via the media for GPs
Giving you the power to say what you want to say and to say it well. This is the world of the soundbite, the app, the tweet, the word cloud. It’s a world of 24-hour rolling news...
09 January 2025
Telephone consulting and triage skills
This online course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when...
13 January 2025
Statistics for the AKT and Beyond
Join us online for two half-days to explain the key concepts of statistics. You will improve existing knowledge and understanding, learn new skills, help interpret scientific...
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Local training and development
GP registrar support
October 2024
We work in collaboration with the North Western Deanery to support the network of GP Educators in their delivery of the GP Curriculum to North West Trainees. We have a full faculty committee leading on GP registrar provision in the area. Please follow us to find out more about our upcoming events.
- Dr Thomas France - GP registrar lead
- Dr Rizwaan Lakhi
- Dr Nina Zhang
- Dr Raj Sethi
Please contact us if you would like more information or want to get involved with shaping our GP registrar offer.
First5 support
October 2024
We have an active First5s in the NW with a WhatsApp group. If you are interested or would like to find out more information, please contact us
The variety and amount of electronic resources out there can be both overwhelming and difficult to navigate in searching for relevant information. Here are some commonly used and established resources that may help you in finding answers to your PUNS, DENS or just general learning.
- NHS Toolkit
- RCGP Revalidation update page and access to the Revalidation Portfolio
The North West England Faculty committee:
- Dr Jawad Haq – First5 Co-lead
- Dr Kiran Baillal – First 5 Co-lead
- Dr Annabelle Clarke
- Dr Dhiviya Tharan
Fellowship
October 2024
Fellowship is an honour and a mark of achievement recognising a significant contribution to:
- health and welfare of the community
- science or practice of medicine
- aims of RCGP, or any organisation which benefits general practice
Full details of applying for fellowship can be found at RCGP fellowship. We now have an offline application route. If you are unsure about any part of fellowship or want to know more about the process contact us for more information.
The faculty actively encourages its members of 5 years' plus standing to consider putting themselves forward for Fellowship. We have a Faculty Fellowship Committee (FFC) within the faculty, led by our Provost, Dr Alison Lea. The FFC can offer advice and support through the faculty office.
Friedlander bursary
For anybody who has submitted and a research paper/poster for a medical conference, and subsequently had it accepted the Friedlander Fund will support you by reimbursing some of the costs occurred for attending the conference.
There are 3 annual bursaries of up to £200 each which can be applied for as follows
Criteria to apply
- Must be a medical/clinical or academic conference
- Must be a North West England Faculty RCGP member who Is attending to present the work
- Must have had the paper accepted
- Must have receipts/evidence of spending*
Please apply in writing in no more than 250 words why you should be considered to nwengland@rcgp.org.uk. Please provide a copy of the paper or poster for consideration with information on the conference you are attending.
Please ensure you provide the following information in your application:
- Your name, employer/practice and RCGP membership number
- What have you been accepted for (i.e. poster/oral poster/oral presentation)
- Title of project and submission to conference (if different)
- Methods used
- Main findings of your research
- What difference it will make to practice/education
- Your role in the project
- Future plans
- Any other dissemination plans/papers proposed from this project
(*Please note this is a reimbursement of expenses already incurred.)
Friedlander support hub
In order to help you apply for this and other bursaries our Faculty can offer guidance and support on the process. If you wish to have your application given a critical read before submission by our "committee" please email nwengland@rcgp.org.uk.
Please find below some links to website you may find useful.
NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) provides free and confidential advice for funding applications, including clinical, applied health and social care research, and post-award advice to award holders.
NIHR Applied Research Collaborations
North West England GP Society
The faculty has an active GP Soc involving Lancaster University, Manchester University and University of Central Lancashire. There are 2 members of the faculty board who work with the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of each university to develop and increase engagement.
Faculty Board representatives:
- Dr Dunni Adeniyi – GP Soc Co-lead
- Dr Kiran Baillal – GP Soc Co-lead
University Representatives:
- Rachel Kumar - President - Lancaster University GPSoc
- Lee Melo - Vice-president, Lancaster University GPSoc
- Manaal Mudassar - President, University of Manchester GPSoc
- Inithini Geevakumar - Vice-president, University of Manchester GPSoc
Meet your faculty
Executive Team
- Dr Uwadiae Ima-Edomwonyi – Chair
- Dr Alison Lea – Provost
- Dr Robert West – Vice Chair
- Dr Ben Addlestone – Honorary Secretary
- Dr Dunni Adeniyi – Honorary Treasurer
College Council representatives
- Dr Bushra Kamal and Dr Ben Addlestone – Council representatives
- Dr Alison Lea and Dr Robert West – Deputy Council representatives
GP registrar representatives
- Dr Thomas France – Lead
- Dr Rizwaan Lakhi
- Dr Nina Zhang
- Dr Raj Sethi
First5 representatives
- Dr Kiran Baillal – Co-lead
- Dr Jawad Haq – Co-lead
- Dr Annabelle Clarke
- Dr Dhiviya Tharan
Established GPs representatives
- Dr Alison Lea – Co-Lead
- Dr Ishaan Saxena – Co-Lead
Late Career & Retired Members representatives
- Prof Mark Gabbay - Lead
Sustainability and Health Inequalities representatives
- Dr Dunni Adeniyi – Co-lead
- Dr Christine Umeadi – Co-lead
- Dr Nina Zhang
- Dr Jawad Haq
- Dr Nana Abdulkadir Ahmed Sa'id
Physical Activities and Lifestyle Pursuits
- Dr Bushra Kamal – Lead
- Dr Rizwaan Lakhi
- Dr Faran Akbar
- Dr Nana Abdulkadir Ahmed Sa'id
International Medical Graduate representatives
- Dr Narveshwar Sinha – Co-lead
- Dr Isma Ali – Co-lead
- Dr Maryam Tukur – Co-lead
EDI representatives
- Dr Sana Arif - Lead
International representatives
- Dr Narveshwar Sinha – Co-lead
- Dr Isma Ali – Co-lead
- Dr Maryam Tukur – Co-lead
GP Soc representatives
- Dr Dunni Adeniyi
- Dr Kiran Baillal
Contact us
RCGP North West England Faculty
The Outset
Sankey Street
Warrington
WA1 1NN
Telephone: 0203 188 7791
Email: nwengland@rcgp.org.uk
Office opening hours: 09:30 - 17:00, Tuesday to Thursday.
Your local Faculty Administrator is Susan Duncan.
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