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Patients who suffered an acquired or traumatic brain injuries are a frequent occurrence in general practice. This ‘Five minutes to change your practice’ screencast covers the epidemiology, symptoms, sequelae and management of this common condition and covers post-traumatic hypopituitarism.

Join Dr Jean Wong for this one day online conference, which will provide expert specialist clinical training and essential information on Musculoskeletal for GPs and their practice colleagues. Gain understanding and knowledge in integrating physical activity and brief interventions into clinical practice.

The combined faculties of Severn , Tamar & Wessex will be holding a webinar-based RCA Preparation Course, designed to help GP Registrars prepare for the RCGP RCA January 2021 submission.

The RCGP London AiT and First5 Committee would like to welcome you to the AGM on Wednesday 20 January 2021 which will be held online this year. Recent events have put GPs under a lot of pressure, especially AiT and First5 who have had to adapt to a lot. The Committee would like to know your experiences and how we can support you in the coming year. We will also provide you with the opportunity to explore areas of interest to you, with breakout talks about Greener Practice/Climate Change, Innovation, International Work and Wellbeing!

The South London Faculty of RCGP would like to invite later career and retired GPs who may or may not be members of the College to a 7th virtual meeting which is part of a series of get-togethers for our local colleagues at this stage of their careers. Our guest speaker will be Dr Kheelna Bavalia, GP and Deputy Medical Director, London Region, NHSE&I. She will give a brief presentation and share national thinking and regional priorities around GP workforce. Join us today.

This is a recording of a live webinar that took place on 21 July 2020. This recording will be available to view until 21 January 2021. This webinar will focus on reducing the risk of an early avoidable death for patients with a learning difficulty. By looking closely at the circumstances leading to the deaths of people with learning disabilities, this webinar aims to help address prejudices and changes needed in general practice to ensure that individuals with a learning disability, receive the same effective, safe, compassionate, and dignified healthcare as everybody else.

Dr Mair Hopkin and Prof Peter Saul will be hosting a virtual coffee and catch up with RCGP Cymru Wales members.

Events can move fast as patients approach the end of their lives and clinical emergencies commonly arise. This interactive session will address the management of: major haemorrhage, terminal events in motor neurone disease, choking, spinal cord compression, superior vena cava obstruction and hypercalcaemia.

An e-Learning course on 'Managing Chronic Pain in the Pandemic' .'The course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals. The webinar is supported by East Anglia Faculty.

This FREE 90-minute webinar will focus on the improving evidence-based eczema management in primary care, including current and potential future/novel approaches to care. The programme will include practical tips, discussion of holistic patient-centred care and what the future holds for treatment.

It is always important for us to take the time to look after ourselves physically and mentally, but it is even more paramount at times like these. Yoga is a simple practice where we focus on physical and mental stillness to reduce stress and increase flexibility and should help you unwind. Join us and allow our experienced Yoga teacher, Roessa Marks to guide you through a yoga class designed specifically with GPs in mind. There will be options to suit both absolute beginners and those who have been practicing longer. The class will start with a brief introduction to yoga with an emphasis on benefits to health and wellbeing. The class with be a multi-level 60 minute class - all levels are welcome!

Join us for this Level 3 adult and child safeguarding course. Led by Dr Joy Shacklock this full-day course focuses on a practical approach to safeguarding as a GP, taking into account the uniqueness and complexity of general practice. The course covers adult and child safeguarding and is Level 3.

Are you worried about doing remote telephone triage or perhaps you're already experienced in this high risk area and want to brush up on your skills? This course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when practised effectively. This day will give you tools and techniques to best handle remote telephone consultations. This ONLINE course will taught via ZOOM.

The South London Faculty of RCGP would like to invite all Trainees, First5s, mid career and later career GPs to attend our first of 2021 FREE EASE talks on Mental Health in children and young adults with two great speakers, Dr Rani Samuel and Dr Sulagna Chakrabarti who are Consultant Paediatric Liaison Psychiatrists from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Focus of the talk will be: depression in children and young adults and deliberate Self Harm in children and young adults. Join us today.

This is a recording of a live webinar that took place on 22 July 2020. This recording will be available to view until 22 January 2021. GPs are now practising in unprecedented times - mostly remotely, and with limited resources. It is however very important to continue providing effective and safe practice from primary care and to ensure that our patients continue to receive the care they need. We will discuss cases and explore treatment solutions, including giving advice, when to continue monitoring, when to refer for further tests, and how to manage on an ongoing basis

For this evening webinar, we will be joined by Dr Anisha Patel, a GP in Surrey, who will talk about lessons learnt from diagnosing bowel cancer early in Primary Care, whilst also in part discussing her own battle with bowel cancer.

The purpose of this virtual two-hour session is to give people the opportunity to reflect on and review their plans for retirement in a safe and supportive environment. There will be opportunities for sharing experience and reflections. Models will be demonstrated offering ways to structure your thinking in preparation for life after work.

ECG teaching for Primary Care.

Please note: Despite the message indicating that this talk is full, it is not and so, please feel free to register your place! The North East London; South West Thames and Essex Faculties, in partnership with Versus Arthritis, would like to invite all local GPs to attend our collaboration talk about differences between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia. Differentiating one from the other is a difficult skill in a primary care setting, with huge implications for the patient and NHS.

This is an ideal opportunity to join two leading Ophthalmic Surgeons to gain further understanding of how to triage and manage common eye problems within the primary care setting and an overview of cataract surgery, including new developments to help GPs to better understand optician referrals and how best to refer patients minimising unnecessary referrals.

For this evening webinar, we will be joined by Dr Narasimha Murthy, a Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrine, who will look at diabetes treatment, new evidence of newer drugs and general endocrine practice tips.

Dr Sioned Enlli and Dr Tom Kneale will be hosting a virtual chese and wine catch up with RCGP North Wales Faculty members.

The SW Thames Faculty are pleased to announce our new upcoming series of 4 sessions focused on your wellbeing through Pilates classes hosted by our education lead Dr Sam Samaratunga who will introduce our Pilates instructor - Sharon Ayre. There are limited spaces, so book your space today!

Interested in the benefits of Balint? Discover how a Balint group might boost your enthusiasm, top up your empathy and refresh your practice.

RCGP would like to invite you to join our FREE webinar 'PCD Showcase: How the RCGP can support practices and PCNs to thrive in 2021' via ZOOM.