We award fellowship in recognition of a significant contribution to medicine, and general practice in particular. Fellows are ambassadors for RCGP.
Fellowship is an honour and mark of achievement recognising a significant contribution to:
- Health and welfare of the community
- Science or practice of medicine
- Aims of RCGP, or any organisation which benefits general practice.
Fellowship update January 2021
We have put a temporary pause on the use of the online system for Fellowship applications. This is due to technical issues with the system as well as the need to introduce some changes to the Fellowship process as agreed by RCGP Council.
If you have an application in progress on the online system or you are supporting someone else's application, please contact the local faculty of the candidate. Our staff can advise you how to proceed with completing any outstanding parts of the application.
If you would like to start a new application, we request that you await the introduction of the new process which will be launched mid-Spring. We look forward to sharing this with you soon.
Fellowship applications
If you have an application in progress on the online system or you are supporting someone else's application, you will now need to download the forms provided below due to the online system having been discontinued.
The candidate or nominee, nominator and two seconders must each complete a form and a supporting statement.
- Nominators should set out their reasons for recommending the candidate in up to 500 words
- Each seconder must provide a supporting statement of up to 400 words
- Candidates should provide a reflective personal statement of up to 1000 words and may wish to structure their statement around the six potential achievement categories.
Just like our UK members, international members are eligible for international fellowship, or FRCGP[INT].
The criteria are the same for both UK and international fellowship.
For UK-based and overseas members
For international members
Submission and election
As a nominator you should submit the completed forms to the candidate’s local Faculty.
The Faculty Fellowship Committee will consider the application and make a recommendation to our Council. (International and overseas members’ applications should be sent to the international faculty for consideration by the International Faculty Fellowship Committee.
Approved candidates are formally elected as fellows at our annual general meeting or spring meeting.
UK based candidates must pay a one off fee of £235 before their formal election. The fee for international candidates is linked to the world bank rates, please contact us for details.
If you have any other questions about fellowship please email us.