Chair Professional Development Board
Professor Nigel Sparrow, FRCGP
(Vale of Trent)
Contact
Royal College of General Practitioners, 14 Princes Gate, London,
SW7 1PU
Switchboard: 0207 581 3232
Fax: 0207 589 3145
How Elected / Appointed
Elected by Members of Council
Term of Office
Three years, subject to annual re-election
Principal Responsibilities
The Chair of the Professional Development
Board leads and coordinates the development, implementation and
support of a strategy for CPD for general practitioners. This
strategy is developed through the work of the Professional
Development Board (PDB), and is reviewed and informed by the work
of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the other Royal Colleges
and the wider political environment.
Among other responsibilities, the incumbent provides leadership
to the PDB, arbitrates in disputes regarding College work and
oversees the provision of the RCGP Leadership Programme, the RCGP /
University of Dundee Masters in Medical Education (GP) programme
and other professional development programmes and initiatives.
Biographical Details
Nigel Sparrow is chair of the Professional Development Board
of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Deputy Postgraduate
Dean in General Practice at the East Midlands Healthcare Workforce
Deanery and visiting professor of general practice at the
University of Lincoln. He has been a principal in General Practice
since 1984 and has been the senior partner at the Newthorpe Medical
Centre in Eastwood, Nottingham since 1997. He is a GP trainer, and
appraiser. He qualified from Bristol University in 1979. He has
experience in the development and implementation of quality
initiatives in primary care and has been involved in
multi-professional and GP education and training for several years.
He was Vice Chairman of Council of the Royal College of General
Practitioners between 2004 and 2007.