About us
A warm welcome from the Vale of Trent Faculty. We support over members, Fellows, Associates and GP Registrars throughout the Ashbourne to Skegness and includes Boston, Derby, Lincoln, Mansfield and Nottingham 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
We meet four times per year to progress our local engagement activities and discuss issues pertinent to our members, which are then fed back to the College Council. All local members are very welcome to attend Board meetings and participate in these discussions - we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us develop our local engagement programme.
Board meeting dates for 2026
- Wednesday 16 September 2026
- Wednesday 25 November 2026
Board vacancies
We are always looking for new people to join our board. We have various vacancies for representatives. Please visit our dedicated web page to find out more. We'd love to have you join us.
Local training and development
Refresh, renew, reconnect 2027
Save the date - 2 February 2027!
Back for another year, the RCGP Vale of Trent Faculty brings this one-day opportunity to feel refreshed, renewed, and reconnected with general practice.
Ideal for all GPs, this one-day event blends clinical CPD, personal development and wellbeing.
Join us to:
- Refresh your clinical CPD with consultant/GPSI speakers
- Renew your personal skills with workshops with a consulting/coaching focus
- Reconnect with yourself and others with wellbeing workshops including Nordic walking, art and chocolate tasting and bar decorating.
Booking opening soon
RCGP Fellowship
December 2025
The Faculty has over 100 Fellows and is keen to award more fellowships to recognise the efforts of our members. We want fellowship to reward both ‘grassroots’ members who concentrate on providing excellent patient care in their practices, and members who have made significant contributions in other areas for example, in education, service development and research. Fellowship nominations for consideration by the Faculty Fellowship Committee are welcome. For further information, please email contact us. For more information see the RCGP Fellowship page.
Students
December 2025
We attend careers events for local medical students at the Nottingham University Medical School. Please contact us for further information.
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 1,250 members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:
Vale of Trent events
04 September 2026
Appraisal Made Easy - September 2026
Join us for an afternoon of getting the most from your appraisal. We look at tips on how you should prepare, how appraisal has changed since covid, toolkits and much more. There...
07 September 2026
Telephone consulting and triage skills
This online 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...
09 September 2026
Vale of Trent Faculty Board September 2026
You are cordially invited to the Vale of Trent Faculty September 2026 Board meeting. Join us to find out what our Faculty is doing for you as a local member or how to get more...
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...
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 Officers
- Dr Marcus Wilkinson - Chair
- Dr Jeeves Wijesuriya - Co Vice-Chair
- Dr Nicholas Boddy - Co Vice-Chair
- Dr Jane Selwyn - Provost & Joint LCARM Lead
- Dr Gopi Singaravel - Honorary Treasurer & Ex-officio (Chair)
- Dr Bakula Patel - Honorary Secretary
- Dr Marcus Bicknell - Council representative
Faculty Board Members
- Dr Marcus Wilkinson - Deputy Council representative
- Dr Margaret Jones - Ex-officio (Provost)
- Dr Marilyn Horner - Joint LCARM Lead
- Dr Hussain Ali - First5 Lead
- Dr Rebecca Clegg - GP registrar Lead
- Dr Deep Desai - GP registrar Representative
- Dr Kiki Ogundun - GP registrar Representative
- Dr Sophie Timson - Foundation Co-Lead
- Dr Aisia Lea - Foundation Co-Lead
- Dr Amina Hussain - EDI Co-Lead
- Dr Charles Hayes - EDI Co-Lead
- Dr Chisomaga Eshemogie - IMG Co-Lead
- Dr Mohammed Noaman - IMG Co-Lead
- Dr Ruchi Ahluwalia - Wellbeing Lead
- Dr Zarina Beg - Full Member
- Dr James Waldron - Full Member
- Dr Marcus Bicknell - Full Member
- Dr Anjla Sharman - Full Member
- Dr Jennifer Moss-Langfield - Established GP Co-Lead
- Dr Drew Smith - Established GP Co-Lead
Contact us
- Telephone: 020 3188 7786
- Email: vtrent@rcgp.org.uk
- Office opening hours: Monday - Friday | 09:00 - 16:30
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