One Day Essentials conferences

Designed for GPs - the College delivers over 20 One Day Essentials (ODE) annually, providing over 120 hours of free CPD per year.

These live, full-day, online conferences are free and available exclusively to RCGP members to attend. They provide clinical updates, practical tips, and take-home messages that will improve your daily practice and, ultimately, patient outcomes.

The conferences cover a range of topics from the GP curriculum including adolescent health, cardiology, gastroenterology, women’s health, mental health, neurodevelopmental health, pain management, sexual health, learning disabilities - and more.

One Day Essentials REWIND

Check your diary, register to attend, or if you can't make it, access the content afterwards on REWIND. The REWIND is available to all GPs. You can catch up on all the recordings and presentation slides for up to nine months after each event - you can register at any point during this time.

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Ophthalmology | One Day Essentials

There are almost 2 million people in the UK of all ages living with sight loss. For some GPs, this area of medicine is replete with uncertainty. Join us on this one day interactive conference, providing expert specialist clinical training and essential information on Ophthalmology for GPs and their practice colleagues.

  • Date

    20 October 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    1910

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Gastroenterology | One Day Essentials

Gastroenterology is one of the major medical specialties and accounts for 10% of all appointments in Primary Care. By the end of this conference, attendees will have more confidence in investigating and managing patients presenting with GI and liver problems, which will improve patient care, result in less referrals to gastroenterology services and benefit service issues around the provision of endoscopy.

  • Date

    04 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    2143

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Mental health | One Day Essentials

This free-to-members one-day interactive online conference will cover a range of mental health topics designed to support GPs in improving patient care. Our experienced speakers will provide evidence-based information tailored to the needs of primary care clinicians. All our speakers will use cases to illustrate the range of mental health difficulties presented to primary care. We will consider depression, psychosis, eating disorders, and perinatal mental health difficulties. We will also discuss the role of primary care and the range of solutions beyond NHS Talking Therapies. Additionally, it will address common presentations, management and diagnosis relevant to general practice.

  • Date

    11 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:30

  • Places left

    2962

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Sexual health | One Day Essentials

Join Dr. Toni Hazell for a comprehensive one-day online conference. Explore the latest advancements and guidance in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH). This interactive program empowers primary care providers to confidently deliver SRH consultations.

  • Date

    25 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    2954

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Cancer care | One Day Essentials

One in two people will be diagnosed with cancer sometime in their lifetime. These patients will present in your primary care practice often, making it fundamental in achieving good outcomes for cancer patients. Our conference will cover the knowledge you need in order to improve cancer care in your everyday clinical practice, including new innovations to further enhance the care you offer.

  • Date

    11 December 2025

  • Start time

    09:30

  • Places left

    2968

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Child health | One Day Essentials

Children and young people make up 25% of consultations in primary care. Amongst the simple and straightforward, there are some complexities and conditions that need careful thought and care. As a GP you are brilliantly placed to support children and young people in every crucial stage of their development, both through the direct care you provide them and the family-centred approaches you take around population health and improving health equity.

  • Date

    22 January 2026

  • Start time

    09:15

  • Places left

    2960