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18 September 2024

Wes Streeting to address RCGPAC

The RCGP is pleased to announce that Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will address GPs and primary care professionals at this year's RCGP Annual Conference this October.

16 September 2024

‘We need to see funding for general practice in autumn’ says College Chair

RCGP Chair calls for emergency GP funding in the October Budget following the latest analysis of waiting times for GP appointments by the Liberal Democrats.

12 September 2024

College responds to Darzi Report

RCGP Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to Lord Darzi’s independent investigation of the NHS in England.

04 September 2024

We need to recruit, but crucially we need to retain more GPs to deliver patient care

College Chair Kamila Hawthorne has responded to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's study on the fall in FTE qualified GPs.

03 September 2024

End of life care ‘essence’ of general practice – report concerns ‘must be addressed’

Professor Kamila Hawthorne responds to Marie Curie’s Better End of Life: Time to Care in England report, published today.

03 September 2024

GP numbers not rising at pace with GP workload – response to BJGP study

The RCGP has responded to research published in the British Journal of General Practice on trends in clinical workload in primary care.

02 September 2024

Change to winter fuel payments pose serious health threat, says RCGPNI

RCGPNI have said that the changes to the winter fuel payments will impact health thousands of pensioners in Northern Ireland.

29 August 2024

College issues clarification on Judicial Review judgment re: Applied Knowledge Test

“We are currently discussing our response to the Judicial Review with our lawyers."

29 August 2024

Paradox of recruitment issues amidst workforce crisis ‘must be resolved’

RCGP Chair summarises the results of our recent ST3 AiT member survey and their experiences of finding employment in a Pulse op-ed.