Chronology of The RCGP by Subject

Working Groups

n.b. This is not a complete list of working parties, task forces etc for more information on specific groups contact the archivist.


 

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.

 

 
1974
 
Working party on "Battered babies" by South West faculty
 
 
1974
 
Working party on evidence to "The Royal Commission on civil liability and compensation for personal injury."
 
 
1974
 
Joint working party on "Paediatric training for general practice"
 
 
1974
 
Employment and social services subcommittee of the expenditure committee, House of Commons – enquiry into emergency and accident services working party.
 
 
1974
 
Working party on general practice and community medicine
 

 

1975

 

Working party on Abortion (amendment) bill

 

 
1977
 
Working party on evidence to Royal Commission on the NHS
 
 
1977
 
Inner cities working group
 
 
1977
 
Preventive medicine working party
 
 
1978
 
Working party on community hospitals
 
 
1978
 
Preventive Care working party
 
 
1978
 
Confidentiality working party of the Awards and Ethics committee
 
 
1978
 
Computer working party
 
 
1979
 
Scottish Council working party on "The functioning of the primary care team."
 
 
1980
 
What Sort of Doctor working party "to devise a method of assessing the performance of established general practitioners in the setting of their own practices".
 
 
1980
 
Joint working party with Royal College of Radiologists
 
 
1980
 
Primary care working party
 
 
1981
 
Joint working party with Royal College of Radiologists publish guidelines for access to radiological services by general practitioners.
 
 
1981
 
Inner city task force
 
 
1982
 
Working party on international affairs
 
 
1982
 
Working party on new principles and trainees
 
 
1982
 
Medical Education working party
 
 
1983
 
"What Sort of Doctor" working party.
 

 

1983

 

Working party to consider evidence to Government Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology [Warnock Committee]

 

 
1984
 
Medical Education working party report on the continuum of medical education which called very strongly for a mandatory period of general medical education.
 
 
1985
 
Working party on care of Diabetes.
 
 
1985
 
Alcohol working party
 

 

1987

 

PalliativeorTerminal Care working party [report 1989]

 

 

1988

 

Care of the Elderlyworking party [reported 1990]

 

 

1989

 

Core Content of General Practiceworking party - Chaired by Robert Colville this identified and described the role and responsibilities of the general practitioner and reported to Council in September 1989, the report was sent on to WONCA.

 

 

1989

 

Practice Nursestask 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.

 

 

1990

 

Higher Professional Training Working Partyestablished

 

 

1990

 

Continuing Medical Education Working Partyestablished

 

 

1992

 

Nutrition Working Partyset up to develop a nutrition information manual for primary care teams

 

 

1992

 

Near Patient TestingWorking Party

 

 

1992

 

HIV/Aids working party set up to development clinical information book for general practitioners

 

 

1993

 

Computing in General PracticeTask Group

 

 

1993

 

Maternity CareTask Group

 

 

1993

 

Core Contentof General Practice Working Party

 

 

1993

 

Medical AuditWorking Group

 

 

1993

 

Scottish Council Working party report on the MRCGP Examination and Career Structure in General Practice

 

 

1993

 

Scottish Council Working party report on Reassessment and Reaccreditation

 

 

1993

 

Clinical GuidelinesWorking party

 

 

1993

 

Young Principals Task Group

  • To consider how the College might improve its role in how it relates to its members who are young principals
  • To consider appropriate content for packages of material to be distributed to trainees to encourage them to remain with the College when they become principals.

 

 

1993

 

Women in General Practice Task Group.

  •  To comment on and deal with Enquiries from the faculties and other with regard to issues affecting women general practitioners, and
  • To consider appropriate content of material to be distributed to women general practitioners.

 

 

1993

 

Report of working party on Stress Management in General Practice [Occasional Paper 61]

 

 

1993

 

Prescribing Task Group- gave evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee on NHS drugs budget.

 

 

1993

 

Scottish Council Working party report on Morale in General Practice

 

 

1994

 

Commissioning of CareTask Group

 

 

1994

 

Quality in Rural Practice Task Group aimed to promote quality and moral in rural general practice, primarily looking at the health needs of rural patients and the education and other needs of general practitioners.

 

 

1994

 

Maternity CareTask Group

 

 

January

1994

 

 

Continuing Medical EducationWorking Group

 

 

1994

 

Higher Professional Developmentworking group

 

 

1994

 

Management Programme Development Working Partyconsidered "Managing for Quality programmes and courses" and set up RCGP Management Resource Unit at Newcastle University

 

1998

 

Joint Working Party with Royal College of Physicians on euthanasia

 

 

1998

 

Obesity Steering Group

 

 

1998

 

RCGP/Royal College of Radiologists Working Party on Follow-up of Cancer Patients

 

 

1998

 

Continuing Medical EducationWorking party re-convened

 

 

Dec 1998

 

Inter-Collegiate Working Party on Chlamydia Trachomatis

 

 

Jan 1999

 

Virtual groups formed on sports and exercise medicine, complementary medicine, genetics and coronary heart disease, set up to support GP's working together on clinical topics and developing advice on their management.

 

 

2000

 

Joint RCGP/GPC Working Group on Medical Workforce

 

 

2002

 

DisabilityTask Group formed to to raise awareness of issues of access for people with disabilities to primary care, to contribute to the education of GPs about disability and to develop guidance for primary care on the health needs of disabled people.

 

 

2004

 

Mental Health Task Force re-established

 

 

2004

 

Doctors Working in Secure Environments Group [Prison Medicine] formed

 

May 2005

 

Complementary and Alternative Medicine [CAM]Action Group formed

  • To determine the evidence base for complementary medicine in general and for each specific therapy in particular
  • To determine what conditions could be referred and for what complementary medicine therapy
  • To look at appropriate qualifications; registrations; responsibility of CAM practitioners so GP's [and team] know who to refer to
  • To be a resource in the discussions at the Department of Health on the regulation of practitioners.

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