RCGP calls for entries for historical award
25.02.08
The Rose Prize for research into the history of general practice is
open for entries.
The Royal College of General
Practitioners (RCGP) offers the award biennially in association
with the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of
London.
The Award is open to all who are,
or who have been, involved in primary healthcare but are not
professional historians. The work must have been specifically
written for the Rose Prize and co-authored entries will be
considered. Work should focus on general practice within the
UK.
Professor David Haslam, President
of the RCGP, said: “The history of general practice is an extremely
important and fascinating field. Many lessons can be learned
from looking back at specific methods and periods of general
practice and this can lead to benefits for doctors and patients
alike. This award is an excellent way to encourage more work
in this field and we look forward with anticipation to the next set
of entries for the 2009 award.”
Mr Andrew Paris, Master of the
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, added: “The
development of General Practice, which began with William Rose
becoming the first Apothecary permitted to treat as well as
dispense, depends on change. An understanding of its history can
help avoid repetition of the mistakes of the past. This is critical
when the rapid introduction of far reaching changes is being
proposed.”
Last year’s winner was Professor
John Macfarlane, Consultant Physician and Professor of Respiratory
Medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals. Professor
Macfarlane summed up the history behind antibiotic prescribing and
looked at lessons which could be learnt from the past in his
winning entry ‘The Use and Overuse of Antibiotics: The Impact of
the Changing Management of Acute Bronchitis by General
Practitioners 1940s-1960s’.
The award will be presented in
spring 2009 and the winner(s) will have their names(s) engraved on
a silver rose bowl which they will keep for a period of two years.
For further information please visit www.rcgp.org.uk/prizesAndAwards
Ends
Press contact: Heather Whitney 020 7344 3137 or 3135/3136/3129
email: press@rcgp.org.uk
Notes to editors
The Rose Prize is a joint prize in the History of General Practice
established with the Worshipful Society of the Apothecaries and the
Royal College of General Practitioners. The prize
commemorates William Rose, Apothecary of London, whose court case
of 1701-04 established the legal foundation of general practice in
England, and Fraser Rose, a co-founder of the Royal College of
General Practitioners.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest
membership organisation in the United Kingdom solely for GPs. It
aims to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general
medical practice and to act as the “voice” of GPs on issues
concerned with education, training, research and clinical
standards. Founded in 1952, the RCGP has over 34,000 members who
are committed to improving patient care, developing their own
skills and promoting general practice as a discipline.
Promoting excellence in family medicine: www.rcgp.org.uk
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London was founded in
1617 and is the largest of the Livery Companies of the City of
London. Following the Apothecaries' Act of 1815 the Society was
responsible for teaching, examining and licensing doctors in
England and Wales. From these early beginnings emerged the General
Practitioner of today. Currently, the Society runs 11 postgraduate
medical diplomas and is associated with two academic Faculties: the
Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy, and
the Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. http://www.apothecaries.org/