History

Chronology of The RCGP - Pictorial Highlights

Year
1950		Publication of the Collings report in The Lancet. After visiting many practices Joseph Collings concluded that whilst specialist medicine had been growing and developing there were no standards for general practice, no incentives to go into it and that the demands of national insurance had put an intolerable strain upon the G.P.
1951		Letter to BMJ/The Lancet from F M Rose and John Hunt proposing a college for general practitioners.
Establishment of Steering Committee
1952		Foundation of the College
1953		Full Foundation Council
1958		Graves Medical Recording Service The Medical Recording Service, the brain child of Valerie and John Graves, provided taped recordings of talks that could be listened to and studied in one’s own time. The emphasis was on topics likely to promote discussion though more traditional material was also available on loan. From a pilot scheme (involving 27 members) financed by Smith, Kline & French, it grew into a service supplying a circuit of 450 members. The scale and scope of the service mushroomed and a separate Independent Recording Service Foundation was set up in April 1967.
		First Volume of the Journal A research newsletter with limited distribution was produced in 1953. Its content shifted over the years to include reports on the work of the College, matters of interest to General Practice as well as research. 1958 saw the appearance of the first edition of The Journal of the College of General Practitioners. It was the first GP journal to be listed in the Index Medicus (1961)
1961		Incorporation of the College
1961		Coat of Arms
1963		Move to Princes Gate
1965		First College examination for membership
1967		Royal Charter
1973		Prince Philip becomes President [later Patron]
1985		Quality Initiative The Quality Initiative was launched in 1983 and the Policy Statement "Quality In General Practice" was published in 1985
1989		First award of FBA [Fellowship by Assessment]
1990		President elected by total membership
1992		Prince Charles becomes President
1999		MAP [Membership by Assessment of Performance]
2003		New charter

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History

Chronology of The RCGP - Pictorial Highlights

1950