RCGP blog

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03 April 2020

General practice raises ethical dilemmas but never more so than during a health crisis

Everyone is moving at pace, everyone is trying to do the right thing for their patients, and that can result in decisions which in retrospect look insensitive – we have seen that around advanced care plans this week.

02 April 2020

Top 10 tips for successful GP video consultations

Reduce risk and anxiety during remote patient consultations by paying attention to the following basic principles.

30 March 2020

PPE is still one of the top issues for GPs

Professor Martin Marshall and Dr Jonathan Leach discuss how we influenced PPE guidance for face-to-face consultations with evidence commissioned by the RCGP.

27 March 2020

Medical students volunteer in the NHS

Medical students have been stepping up to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering their skills and time to support the NHS. Read more about how they are making a difference and how we can thank them for their efforts.

19 March 2020

Top 10 tips for telephone consultations

These top tips are for clinicians conducting telephone consultations to assess and advise patients.

11 December 2019

Quality improvement: prescribing and patient safety reports

The RCGP and Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) have developed confidential bespoke practice and patient-level drug prescribing reports, available for free for GP practices contributing to CPRD. There are two sets of reports, distributed every six months to practices in all four nations of the UK.

03 June 2019

Good practice safeguarding in general practice

The RCGP is working to embed the safeguarding of adults and children into routine general practice and a normal part of ongoing holistic care.