Courses and events

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

SYNT, Yorkshire and Humber & The Ridings Family Fun Day 2025

We would like to invite all members from the SYNT, Yorkshire and Humber and the Riding Faculties and their families to join us for a day out at Yorkshire Wildlife Park! The day will include complimentary lunch and discounted admission to the park for all RCGP members only. Book early as tickets are limited.

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• Date

  04 October 2025

• Start time

  12:00

• Places left

  34

The Eden Project

Tamar Faculty Fun day 2025 - Eden Project

The RCGP Tamar Faculty Board invite Faculty Members and their families to join them for a day out at the Eden Project. This event is free to all Tamar Faculty members.

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• Date

  05 October 2025

• Start time

  10:30

• Places left

  80

Minor Surgery Skills | Entry level (includes DOPS) | Leicester

This two day beginners course is a mixture of theoretical and practical sessions and is intended for all GPs who wish to carry out Minor Surgery in their practices. It also includes the Direct Observations of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Assessment.

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• Date

  07 October 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  25

Microsoft Teams

Care Navigation at reception 2025

Back by popular demand, RCGP Scotland welcome Dr Val McGarrell from Prima Linea Training to deliver another two-part training course for non-clinical staff on the frontline of the GP Practice. Open to practice staff, reception supervisors and practice managers from across Scotland, this training aims to support, encourage and upskill practice teams to deliver and grow non-clinical care navigation (the new term for signposting).

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• Date

  07 October 2025

• Start time

  13:30

• Places left

  32

Effective out of hours training | part 3: laboratory results, palliative care and telephone triage

This four-part online course is aimed at GP Registrars who are new to out of hours and working towards their urgent and unscheduled care competencies.

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• Date

  07 October 2025

• Start time

  18:00

• Places left

  56

Makeney Hall

Vale of Trent Faculty Celebratory Dinner and AGM 2025

The Faculty Provost, Dr Margaret Jones, Faculty Chair, Dr Gopi Singaravel, and members of the Faculty Board would like to invite you to the Faculty's Annual General Meeting at Makeney Hall in Derbyshire. A short AGM will take place before a celebratory formal dinner for our local members to enjoy. Our after-dinner speaker will be Professor Lucy Ambrose, who will talk about "Education: a vital force for sustainable general practice".

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• Date

  07 October 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  45

Padel4all

Padel and Pizza for Established GPs

Padel is a form of tennis that's rapidly growing across Europe. We have organised a chance for Established GPs (5 years post CCT) to try Padel, meet up with other GPs from the area and enjoy a pizza afterwards and will take place at Padel4al, Bristol. This event is free for RCGP Members with a refundable deposit of £15.00.

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• Date

  08 October 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  8

Online

Wessex faculty - Experience of working as a Prison GP

RCGP Wessex Faculty invite all RCGP Wessex Faculty members to this online session on Prison Medicine given by Dr Tim Oliver

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• Date

  08 October 2025

• Start time

  19:30

• Places left

  61

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Zoom

The RCGP 3-day SCA preparation course

This open-to-all training course aims to improve your consultation skills and as a result pass your SCA. The course offers interactive sessions with experienced trainers and examiners, a highlight being Dr Roger Neighbour, a renowned teacher on the skills of communication within the GP consultation.

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• Date

  13 October 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  0