Essex Faculty

Welcome from the Essex Faculty. We aim to provide the benefits of RCGP membership to colleagues closer to home. You are probably reading this because you already work in Essex in which case you are also most likely to be enjoying the beautiful beaches and fantastic countryside that the county as to offer! Essex Faculty is relatively small with 1000 members, Fellows and Associates in training. The Faculty Board is made up of local GP volunteers who run educational and social events for our members - we are always open to ideas and welcome new members onto the Faculty Board. The Faculty Board discuss matters of importance to RCGP and feed these back to the College Council. Remember this is your Faculty, so please do get in touch if there are ways we can serve you better.

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We rely on members to play an active role locally, promoting the College aims and objectives. It is essential to raise and maintain awareness of demographic issues and the needs of GPs and patients alike, and develop initiatives to support these.

We currently have vacancies for: Faculty Lay member position available. For further information or to apply, please email essex@rcgp.org.uk

10 October 2024

SCA cases and panel discussion (free preparation webinar)

Join us for the concluding instalment of our two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam, led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger Neighbour, Dr Robin Simpson, and Dr Jim Bartlett. With extensive experience as examiners and facilitators of successful SCA prep courses for the RCGP, they bring a wealth of knowledge to guide you through this crucial examination.

12 October 2024

South West New Members' and Fellows' Ceremony 2024 - Winchester

Join us for our New Members' and Fellows' ceremony held in the South West of England. These events are an opportunity for you to celebrate with friends, peers, and family the achievement of attaining membership of the College by completing the MRCGP, MRCGP[INT] OR MAP or achieving Fellowship of the College FRCGP.

14 October 2024

Practice emergencies: Starting treatment whilst awaiting a delayed ambulance

Join us for a free webinar designed to help GPs enhance their emergency care skills. In this first webinar in the series, you'll learn practical strategies for managing critically ill patients while waiting for ambulance support, a challenge often faced in both rural and urban settings due to ambulance delays.

30 October 2024

AGM 2024 Members Briefing

Join us in for our Briefing Session for AGM 2024 - Online

Board meetings

Our Board meetings are held four times a year, in February, June, September and November to progress our local engagement activities and discuss issues pertinent to our members, which are then fed back to the College Council. We rely on our members to play an active role locally, promoting the College's aims and objectives.

Local training and development

RCGP Fellowship

January 2023

We award fellowship in recognition of a significant contribution to medicine, and general practice in particular. The Faculty actively encourages its members of 5 years plus standing to consider putting themselves forward for Fellowship. For more information view the Fellowship page.

Membership by Assessment of Performance (MAP)

January 2023

If you are going through the MAP process and would like any advice, please contact us and we will be happy to offer you support through our MAP Lead. For more information view the MAP page.

Meet your Faculty

Faculty Executive Officers

  • Babafemi (Femi) Salako, Provost
  • Chair/Council Rep                   
  • Anita Maria Pereira, Chair/Council Rep                   
  • Syed Babar, Vice Chair                               
  • Chuckwudi Ukpaka, Honorary Treasurer                        
  • Sanjeev Maskara, Honorary Secretary

Board Leads and Reps

  • Sunil Gupta, FFC Chair                               
  • Krishnakant Buch, Late Career Lead                    
  • Kathryn Kumar, First5 Lead
  • Ashba Jafri, Education Lead
  • Kenyir Kamdak, AiT Rep (Lead)
  • Rachel Gannaway, AiT Rep
  • Rebeca Escorihuela Garcia, AiT Rep
  • Sagar Patel, AiT Rep
  • Taz Syed, Climate Lead
  • Sarah Tade, EDI Lead

Board Members

  • Naveed Akhtar
  • Emuejevoke Aghoghovbia
  • Sarah Folasade Allotey
  • Linda Yeba Ngwi Bello
  • Kazim Rizvi
  • Ajith Sivaprasad  
  • Nithya  Viswanath

Contact us

RCGP Essex Faculty
30 Euston Square
London
NW1 2FB

Telephone: 020 3188 7411
Email: essex@rcgp.org.uk

Office opening hours: 09:00 - 17:00, Monday to Friday.

Your local Faculty Administrator Debbie Board.

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