About us
A warm welcome from the Essex faculty. We support over 1,000 Members, Fellows, Associates and GP Registrars throughout the Essex area. One of our main priorities is to engage with all members, especially new members. Here you can find out more about what we offer and how you can get involved.
Get involved
Our diverse group holds four board meetings a year to discuss a range of topics surrounding general practice and what further support could be offered to GPs at all stages of their career. These are either held online or in person.
One of the aims of our meetings is to gain grassroots views on issues of motions to present to the national RCGP Council.
You are welcome to attend these board meetings as an observer or join the board yourself through our annual elections process. Just get in touch if you would like to attend or visit our Faculties page to find out more information about Faculty Boards.
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.
Upcoming events
Our board is instrumental in producing a lively programme of events for local members, from localised CPD opportunities to family fun days and celebration evenings, everything is tailored to our members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up-to-date events and activities in your region or search our list of events below:
Essex events
20 October 2026
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.
22 October 2026
The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course
This SCA preparation course is designed to help ST3s who are preparing to sit their SCA examination. The day will involve our lead facilitator showing you how to structure and manage your consultations to give you the best possible chance of success in the SCA exam.
26 October 2026
GP Registrar Insights - AKT
Welcome to our peer-led educational programme for all GP registrars! We aim to create an informal space for registrars to come together once a month and share their questions, thoughts and worries about various topics related to GP training.
02 November 2026
Mindfulness for Life intro / taster session 2
Join Dr Stephanie Jackson at this taster session, following attending this session Stephanie will be offering you the opportunity to join an 8 week mindfulness course
Awards and prizes
Each year we recognise outstanding members working in our faculty. We have annual prizes to support our student members, and also a range of Recognition Awards which we present at our annual celebration evening. Read more about our awards and prizes and please do contact us if you would like to find out more.
Meet your Faculty
Your faculty board has been voted by members to represent and support local interests. We are a friendly group made up of a range of careers stages and backgrounds. Through this mixed experience we bring everyone together so that a broad range of voices is represented. We also like to socialise and meet up – you are welcome to come to our next board meeting to meet us, or look out for the next social event. We would love to see you there.
Officers
- Babafemi (Femi) Salako - Provost
- Syed Babar - Chair
- Sunil Gupta - Vice Chair / FFC Lead
- Chuckwudi Ukpaka - Hon Treasurer
- Sanjeev Maskara - Hon Sec
Board Leads and Reps
- Anita Pereira - Council Rep
- Krishnakant Buch - Climate Lead
- Sarah Tade - EDI Champion
- Linda Bello - EDI Champion
- Sarah Allotey - First5 Lead / IMG Rep
- Fariha Rizvi - First5 Lead
- Ajith Sivaprasad - Established GP Lead
- Sarah Hildebrand - LCARM Lead
Board Members
- Syed Kazim Rizvi - Board Member
- Nithya Viswanath - Board Member
- Kenyir Kamdak - Board Member
- Deepak Kumar - Board Member
- Subir Ghosh - Board Member
- Jatinder Singh - Board Member
- Ashba Jafri - Board Member
- Prince Acheampong - Board Member
- Grace Bello - Board member
Contact us
RCGP Essex Faculty
30 Euston Square
London
NW1 2FB
Telephone: 020 3188 7400
Email: essex@rcgp.org.uk
Your local Faculty Administrator is La-keish Oram
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