Objectives

RCGP Scotland seeks to promote the College’s objectives in Scotland, which are:

• To promote the profession by encouraging persons of ability to enter the medical profession and become general practitioners.
• To enhance medical knowledge and the skills of general practitioners by undertaking or assisting others in undertaking training courses or other educational activities.
• To raise the quality of patient care through a wide range of quality initiatives and awards, setting standards and clinical guidelines for clinical care.
• To encourage research in general practice to improve the evidence-base for best practice on which standards and guidelines may be based.
• To support its members by providing opportunities for doctors to network and share ideas with others, mainly through its faculties and e-mail lists.
• To represent the views of GPs, and in particular our members, through comment and representation.

RCGP Scotland Operational Plan (2009/10) >>

RCGP Scotland Annual Report (2009) >>