Courses and events

Zoom

The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course

This open to all one-day 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.

• Date

  10 November 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  30

Zoom

Women's health | Half day conference

This half-day session provides a deep dive into the most significant updates in HRT and contraception, equipping clinicians with practical tools to navigate evolving guidelines and patient expectations.

• Date

  12 November 2025

• Start time

  12:30

• Places left

  180

Online

Intercultural Communication Skills for GPs

A multicultural workplace is enriching but it can also bring its own communication challenges. This highly practical and thought-provoking workshop provides the opportunity to explore these challenges and to develop strategies that facilitate clearer communication. The workshop is aimed at GPs who work in culturally and linguistically diverse settings and are keen to improve communication with patients and/or colleagues. The workshop will offer support for both GPs who are English speaking and GPs who speak English as an additional language. Whether you're navigating idioms, accents or cultural cues, this workshop is designed with you in mind. If English isn’t your first language, you'll find practical tools to help overcome common barriers and grow in confidence when communicating with patients and peers.

• Date

  13 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  14

The Harbour Hotel, Guildford, GU1 3D

SWT Faculty Celebration Dinner - 2025 Invites Only

This site is for special invitees only

• Date

  14 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  55

The Harbour Hotel, Guildford, GU1 3DA

South West Thames Faculty Celebration Dinner - 2025

The RCGP South West Faculty invites you and your peers to join us at the Harbour Hotel, Guildford to celebrate General Practice. The evening will begin with welcome drinks and three-course dinner followed by an evening where we will welcome New Members and celebrate the great achievements of the faculty. Following the formalities, there will be an opportunity to network and socialise with colleagues.

• Date

  14 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  61

SWT November Faculty Board Meeting - 2025

Our Faculty board meet four times per year in February, June, September and November and is made up of GP volunteers and Lay representatives. We also have representation from local groups such as student's groups, First 5 and AiTs.

• Date

  19 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  20

Online

When a Child Dies: A framework for general practice

The death of a child is a devastating event for any parent. The unimaginable has happened, and the death has far reaching implications for all who knew and loved them. General Practice is well placed to support parents through this trauma, offering person centred care, empathy and understanding. General Practice, however, can struggle to know how to best respond. Child death is more common that many realise, but is, thankfully, a rare event. GPs may not have dealt with this previously and will benefit from resources and guidance. “When a child dies – a Framework for General Practice” is designed to help General Practice to support bereaved parents. This session will outline the work that has taken place to produce this framework and will describe an approach that GPs can take to support bereaved families. Join this meeting if you wish to gain confidence in dealing with this challenging and emotive situation.

• Date

  19 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  155

Online Zoom Webinar

Life After VTS: What and Where to look when applying for jobs

Life after VTS, trainees can pick the brains of more established GPs in how to apply for roles, schemes and get real world advice on how to navigate stepping into the professional world. Topics that will be discussed are: what and where to look for when applying for roles, CV support, mock interviews, and a social.

• Date

  26 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  100

Zoom

The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course

This open to all one-day 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.

• Date

  27 November 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  32