Enquiry FAQs
The Library can provide short, factual responses to questions as
well as in-depth literature searches for RCGP members.
If your enquiry concerns any of the subjects below, please take
time to look at the link before emailing the Library. If the
links below do not help to answer your enquiry, please
email library@rcgp.org.uk.
Departmental Enquiries:
Staff contact details can be found
at: http://www.rcgp.org.uk/contact_us.aspx
Useful resources include:
Medical Careers
http://www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk/
The National Recruitment Office for General Practice Training
http://www.gprecruitment.org.uk/careers.htm
Royal College of General Practitioners
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/gp_training.aspx
GP statistics
The GMC update their figures of registered UK doctors on a monthly
basis:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/register/search_stats.asp
For statistics in England, the latest are for 2010 from the NHS
Information Centre website:
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/workforce/nhs-staff-numbers/nhs-staff-2000--2010-general-practice
For statistics in Scotland please visit the ISD Scotland
website:
http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/General-Practice/Publications/index.asp#556
<http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/General-Practice/Publications/index.asp>
For statistics in Wales and Ireland please visit the HM Government
website:
http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce_statistics_for_general_practitioners_in_wales
http://data.gov.uk/dataset/northern_ireland_family_practitioner_services_statistical_report
You can contact the General Medical Council if you have concerns
about your doctor.
General Medical Council
0161 923 6602
gmc@gmc-uk.uk
Comments and complaints
General Medical Council
http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/contactus/comments_and_complaints.asp
The NHS also have a complaints form which can be found here:
http://www.nhs.uk/choiceintheNHS/Rightsandpledges/complaints/Pages/NHScomplaints.aspx