Welcome to the RCGP Northern Ireland Homepage
Welcome to the site of the Northern Ireland
Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners. As you will
see on the pages within in this site we aim to bring a local
flavour to the work of the College in Northern Ireland. Our Council
is made up of members who are all full time GPs who give
voluntarily of their time to further to objects of the College in
Northern Ireland. We are always very pleased to welcome any members
who would like to contribute to the work of the college in Northern
Ireland – please feel free to contact us.
Our Council meetings take please on a quarterly
basis and the minutes of the last meeting are here next one is being held on Monday
19th May at 8pm. All members are entitled to attend the
Council meetings as observers and should declare their intention to
attend at least one week in advance of the meeting. Any motions or
comments from members to be raised at the Council meeting should be
forwarded in writing to the Council chairman, Dr David
Johnston 10 working days in advance of the meeting.
Latest News
RCGPNI WELCOMES MINISTER’S
ANNOUNCEMENT 4 FEB 08
We warmly welcome the fact that the
minister has announced his proposals for a new Regional Health
and Social Care Board and five Local Commissioning Groups. We have
long been of the view that the most effective and efficient
use of resources and the best health outcomes can only be achieved
by a partnership between patients, professionals and politicians.
We believe that this plan now provides an opportunity to move
forward, continually improving the health experience and
quality of service for everyone in our community. The Royal College
of General Practitioners will continue to promote the high quality
care that every patient deserves
New NI Chairman Appointed
Dr David Johnston, MSc FRCGP, chair of the NI Council was
appointed 12th. November 07. David was an Executive
officer of NI Council for the previous 3 years and was chair-elect
from 06 – 07. He is a full time GP in Maine Medical Practice,
Cullybackey, Co Antrim. He is married to Sally Ann and has
three sons. He has special interests in pre-hospital immediate
medical care, out of hours primary care and rural medcine. He is a
Clinical Director of Dalriada Urgent Care, an out of hours primary
care provider covering the north eastern corner of Northern
Ireland. He has been a GlaxoWelcome research fellow with the
University of Ulster and was involved in researching rural General
practice in Northern Ireland. He has also been involved with a
number of community groups and currently chairs a local community
regeneration trust, Gracehill Old School Trust.
RCGP NI would like to extend their
sincere thanks and gratitude to Dr Jeni McAughey for all of her
work and dedication as Chair of Council from 2004-2007
NI
Council 2008 Events!
PiP Launch 29th January 2008
NI Council 'Celebration Evening 2007' was
held on Saturday 1st December 2007. To view the award results
and pictures click here! This years awards ceremony will be on
Saturday the 6th December 2008 in the Dunadry Hotel. More
information to follow.
To book any events please email NICouncil@rcgp.org.uk or Tel:
02890 230055
http://www.rcgpannualconference.org.uk/