22 April 2021
Responding to a recent survey by the NCT on post-natal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.
17 April 2021
Responding to a report by Healthwatch into GP access during the pandemic, covered in The Times today, Dr Gary Howsam, Vice Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.
12 April 2021
Responding to the latest findings of the PRINCIPLE trial of COVID-19 treatments, published by the University of Oxford, Professor Simon de Lusignan, Medical Director for the RCGP’s Research and Surveillance Centre, said the following.
08 April 2021
Joint statement from RCGP Cymru Wales and BMA Cymru Wales.
08 April 2021
The Royal College of GPs Cymru Wales has set out three major priorities as they call on Senedd election candidates to support general practice as Wales gradually emerges from the pandemic.
08 April 2021
Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, responds to news from the MHRA and JCVI about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccination for COVID-19.
07 April 2021
Responding to the publication of new clinical guidelines for chronic primary pain, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "Pain can cause untold misery for patients and their families."
01 April 2021
Any introduction of Covid-19 vaccination certificates or passports must have ‘zero impact’ on GP workload, to allow GPs to continue to focus on delivering vital patient care the Royal College of GPs has said.
01 April 2021
Responding to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “The suggestion in this report, that structural racism is not embedded within UK society, does not tally with the experiences of many members from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities who have reached out to the College over the last year.
26 March 2021
The Department for Education have highlighted to us the challenges faced by some as they try to obtain medical assessments as part of an adoption or fostering process. We have signed a joint statement the with BMA to support GPs in considering requests for these important medical assessments.