About us
A warm welcome from South West Thames Faculty. We provide support to over 2,100 members, Fellows, Associates and GP registrars in Surrey, West Sussex and the outer fringes of South West London. As well as a full range of educational and social activities, we run a revalidation programme for local members in collaboration with the South East Thames Faculty and Health Education England Ken, Surrey and Sussex.
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
We hold three Board meetings a year (in February, June, September) and an AGM in November, to develop our engagement events and activities as well as discussing issues relevant to our members, which we feed back to the College Council. We rely on members to play an active role locally, promoting the College's aims and objectives. It is essential to raise and maintain awareness of demographic issues and the needs of GPs and patients alike, so that we can support these. If you would like to find out more about becoming more involved with the Faculty we would be delighted to hear from you.
If you are interested in any meetings, please get in touch at SWThames@rcgp.org.uk.
Faculty board vacancies
Would you like the opportunity to help shape the future of general practice? Local faculties are always seeking more members to join their local boards, you could be helping to connect, represent, develop and celebrate the future of general practice.
The South West Thames faculty are currently seeking volunteers to fill the current vacant roles on their board:
- Later Career & Retired Member (LCaRM) Lead
- International Lead
- General Board Members
Please contact the faculty administrator at swthames@rcgp.org.uk for further information and a role description.
Local training and development
Faculty Audit and Research Grant
October 2023
We are awarding small grants of up to £200 to GPs and practice nurses to help with the cost of practice audits and small-scale research projects. This scheme is designed to cut through bureaucracy and paperwork and make small awards available to grass roots GPs and practice nurses.
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 2,100 members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:
South West Thames events
10 September 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...
10 September 2026
Mindfulness for Life intro / taster session 1
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
15 September 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...
16 September 2026
An introduction to speaking publicly or via the media for GPs
Giving you the power to say what you want to say and to say it well. This is the world of the soundbite, the app, the tweet, the word cloud. It's a world of 24-hour rolling...
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.
Faculty Executive Board
- Dr Paul Alford - Provost
- Dr Sam Samaratunga - Chair
- Dr Anil Chopra - Honorary Treasurer and Co-First5 Rep
- Dr Damilola Sogbesan - Honorary Secretary and EDI Lead
Faculty Board Officers
- Dr Jaspreet Dhillon - Council Rep
Faculty Board Committee Leads
- Dr Oludolapo Obileye - Climate and Sustainability Lead
- Dr Elizabeth Mearns - Established GP Lead
- Dr Marco Casagrande - GP Registrar Representative
- Dr Sinthujan Jeyaweerasingam - GP Registrar Representative
- Dr Toby Charge-Thornton - GP Registrar Representative
- Dr Ajay Krishnan - GP Registrar Representative
- Dr Ankan Mittal - IMG Lead
- Dr Olivia Misquitta - IMG Lead
- Dr Diane Christie - LCARM Lead
Faculty Board members
- Dr Hannah Field
Contact us
RCGP South West Thames Faculty
30 Euston Square
London
NW1 2FB
Telephone: 020 3188 7400
Email: swthames@rcgp.org.uk
Your Faculty Administrator is Debbie Board
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