Welcome to RCGP Scotland
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the
academic organisation in the UK for general practitioners.
Its aim is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of
general medical practice and act as the ‘voice’ of general
practitioners on education, training and issues around standards of
care for patients.
The College in Scotland came into existence in 1953 (one year
after the UK College), when a Scottish Council was created to take
forward the College’s interests within the Scottish Health Service.
After a number of years of increased activity (and political
devolution in Scotland), the College bought premises in 25 Queen
Street, Edinburgh, in 1999 to house its expanding Scottish
operation.
In addition to a base in Edinburgh, the College in Scotland is
represented through five regional faculty offices in Edinburgh,
Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee and Glasgow.