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1955
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Appointment of panel of architects to give advice on
surgery design.
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1956
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Equipment and
premises sub-committee formed.
|
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1957
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Lease
taken on 41 Cadogan Gardens, Sloane Square. Room
set aside to display plans of practice premises and articles of
practice equipment.
|
|
1957
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Prototype
Obstetric record card designed with 20,000 being
produced. Clinical summary card discussed.
|
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1958
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Pilot
survey of the records unit.
|
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1962
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Practice
equipment and premises committee renamed practice
organisation committee to reflect that its work
"was concerned with the whole business of running a general
practice efficiently".
|
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1964
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Exhibition
on "Disposable equipment in general
practice"
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1965
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Publication of "General practice today, its conditions, contents
and satisfaction" under auspices of practice
organisation committee.
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3
June
1966
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Symposium
on "The architecture and organisational needs of general
practice premises with emphasis on group practice".
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1966
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Survey of
medical centres. "The advent of medical
centres appears to have made it easier for general practitioners to
make fuller use of their local hospital and its various
departments.
|
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1966
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Recording
systems working party – to consider the principles of
record systems for medical care in relation to advances in data
handling.
|
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Nov
1966
|
Demonstration of car radio telephones at
AGM.
|
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1967
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Publication of "Design guide for medical group practice
centre".
|
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1969
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Group practice working party and
conference
|
|
1969
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Practice characteristics study
|
|
1969
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The use of ancillaries study
|
|
1969
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Publication of "The practice nurse"
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1971
|
Joint Working Party [with DHSS et al] on
the Redesign of Medical Records in General
Practice - this working party recommended that A4 records be
introduced but the government decided in 1975 that it was to
expensive to make the change.
|
| Feb 1973 |
Health Centre Entrants Course |
|
1973
|
Study
group on the organisation of general practice
(Godber committee)
|
|
November
1973
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Course on
"The health centre project"
|
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1974
|
Practice
organisation report on "The function of the physiotherapist
in the community"
|
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1974
|
Practice
organisation report on "Computer facilities and the
practitioner"
|
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1974
|
Practice
organisation report on "The GP team and community
hospitals"
|
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1974
|
Practice
organisation report on "The role of the health
visitor"
|
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1976
|
Research
and practice organisation committee create liaison group on primary
care.
|
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1977
|
Separation
of research from practice organisation
committee and creation of research division
executive
|
|
1977
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Re-establishment of practice organisation
committee
|
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1978
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Home visiting
study
|
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1978
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Completion
of Swansea joint RCGP/Department of Medical Sociology
"Study of doctors and their staff"
|
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1978
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Computer working party
|
|
1980
|
Publication of "Doctors on the move" "This was
written by John Bean and Clifford Floyd and described a radical new
system of practice organisation in which doctors moved from room to
room in a purpose-built surgery round the patients."
|
|
1980
|
Publication of "Computers in primary care"
|
| March 11-15 1980 |
Computers in General Practice Symposisum
and Exhibition |
|
June
1983
|
Quality initiative "to improve standards of
patient care in general practice". Each general practitioner
should be able to describe his current work and should be able to
say what services he provides for his patients and; each general
practitioner should define specific objectives for the care of his
patients and should measure the extent to which these objects are
met. Each member of council agreed to select two aspects of his
work in his own practice and to monitor the extent to which
previously set targets are achieved.
|
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1983
|
ICI
Computer fellow.
|
|
1984
|
Information
Technology Working party.
|
|
1984
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Electronic Technology Department "to manage
the College’s growing number of microcomputer installations; to act
as a research centre for the evaluation of microcomputer equipment
and programs for College and faculty offices; and to offer general
practitioners and their staff an opportunity to gain practical
experience of suitable office and surgery computer systems."
|
|
1985
|
Publication of "Trends in general practice
computing"
|
| 1986 |
Information Folder on Practice Premises
published |
| 1987 |
Publication of Clinical Information Folder on
Medical Records |
| 1987 |
“Management in Practice” Video produced
by MSD for the College |
|
1988
|
Publication of The Practice Library (part of
the Staurt Librarian project)
|
|
1988
|
Publication of Practice Assessment and Quality of
Care [occasional paper 39]
|
|
1988
|
Publication of Practice Activity Analysis
|
| Dec 1988 |
Report of the Clinical & Research Division Working
Party on “Weeding of Medical Records” |
|
1989
|
Practice Nurses
Task Force reports - this clarified the role
and responsibilities in relation to education for practice nurses,
and it identified practical ways in which the College might support
practice nurses and their educational needs.
|
|
1989
|
Joint RCGP/MSD video "We need a Practice Manager"
|
| 1991 |
Publication of "Interprofessional Collaboration in
Primary Health Care Organisations" [Occasional Paper
52] |
| Sep 1991 |
“Stress in the Practice Team: Problems and
Solutions” conference chaired by Ricahrd
Maxwell |
|
1992
|
Report to Council on twenty-four hour cover. It
stated that primary medical care of patients should always be
provided by trained and accredited general practitioners; that
there was a distinction between between the responsibility for
out-of-hours cover and the provision for it; practitioners should
have the right to opt out of such cover, and the evaluation of
alternative approaches should be carefully carried out, supported
by official funding, and should take into account the views of
patients.
|
| 1992 |
"Health Promotion Clinics - Current Practices
in the North West Thames Region" - A Joint report from the Clinical
and Research Division and the North and West Faculty of the Royal
College of General Practitioners
|
|
Sep 1992
|
Publication of "Balancing Dreams - The Manager in
Practice" by Sally Irvine
|
|
Dec 1992
|
Publication of "Partnership with Patients - A
Practical Guide to Starting a Patient Participation Group"
|
|
1995
|
Health and Safety at
Work - Guidance for General
Practitioners published [Practice Organisation series]
|
|
July 1996
|
Practice Organisation Series No. 2 "Medical
Records In Practice" Edited by Bruce Lervy
|
| 26 November 1997 |
RCGP/HSE Workshop on Health and Safety at Work "Good Health is
Good Practice"
|
|
Aug 1999
|
Policy statement "Clinical Records in Primary Care: Access
and Confidentiality"
|
| 15 July 2003 |
Response to Shipman enquiry proposals for reforming
death certification process |
|
Sep 2003
|
Joint publication of third version of Guidelines for General
Practice Electronic
Patient Records [Department of Health, RCGP, GMS]
|
| Sep 2004 |
The Future of Access to General Practice-Based
Primary Medical Care – Informing the Debate [RCGP/NHS
Alliance] |
| 5 May 2006 |
Response to National Audit Office report The
Provision of Out of Hours Care in England
“The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) welcomes this
report. We feel that patients do need much clearer
signposting telling them which out-of-hours services are available
in their area and how to access them quickly and effectively.
Patients tell us that services are fragmented and they need much
clearer signposting. Although Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are
responsible for organising OOH care, GPs, who were previously
responsible, have a lot of expertise in arranging good services for
patients. We would like to see more support for GPs in
feeding into plans for OOH services in their area.
“We understand from the report that the costs
of OOH care in 2005-2006 are likely to be 22% higher than was
originally calculated by PCTs. We are not convinced that the
higher costs are due to changes in GP pay. The College feels
that other factors such as efficiency need to be considered as it
is clear that the costs have been underestimated.
“We would also like to see the Quality
Requirements for OOH care enforced more efficiently, particularly
where a service is delivered by a number of providers and also in
relation to the training and accreditation of healthcare
professionals other than GPs. We feel very strongly that
patients should have prompt access to a GP where clinically
appropriate. We would like to add that although PCTs
are now responsible for provision of OOH services, training for GP
Registrars in urgent care is still essential.”
|
| 30 June 2006 |
RCGP Statement on NHS Shared Care
Record Service
The Royal College of GPs’ Ethics Committee
recommends that patients should have the right to “opt in” –
thereby providing explicit consent - to the sharing of
their medical information on the NHS Care Record. However,
we do feel that if adequate safeguards can be put in place, in
time as the system becomes more secure and patients are more aware
that their records will be shared, it may be possible to move to an
“opt out” position.
The RCGP acknowledges the value of the shared
medical record to help improve patient care and safety
|
| Jan 2007 |
Publication of "Telephone Consultations in
Primary Care : A Practical Guide" by Dr Tony Males |
| 27 Nov 2007 |
Guidance to improve reporting abnormal test results out of
hours [joint RCGP/ Royal College of Pathologists] |
| March 2009 |
Publication of "Changing Partnerships" by
Clare Gerada |
| July 2009 |
Improving access, responding to patients – a
‘how-to’ guide for practices’ published by the NHS GP
Access programme. This was developed in collaboration with the
Practice Management Network, which represented practice management
from the following organisations; British Medical
Association, Royal College of General Practitioners, Family Doctors
Association, AMSPAR, Institute for Healthcare Management, National
Association of Primary Care and the NHS Alliance. |
| Sep 2009 |
RCGP/BAMM – Joint Board for Medical
Managers in Primary Care meeting – chaired by David Colin
Thome |