Vale of Trent Faculty
Welcome from the Vale of Trent Faculty, a group of volunteers including RCGP members, lay member, foundation doctors and medical students. Our geographical area stretches from Ashbourne to Skegness and includes Boston, Derby, Lincoln, Mansfield and Nottingham. The board aims to support our members’ professional development by arranging educational, networking and special events for GPs and GP registrars and also careers events for medical students and foundation doctors. We are proud to work with the local General Practice Society to help medical students discover more about one of the broadest and most rewarding specialties in medicine.
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Upcoming events
07 May 2025
Palliative care | Part 1
Palliative medicine two half-day course will cover managing common symptoms in palliative care, and understand the nuances of providing care in unique settings.
09 May 2025
Active Bystander Training
Witnessing verbal and physical abuse, discrimination, racism and micro-aggression effects everyone! Have you ever been in a situation where you want to challenge someone’s...
13 May 2025
RCGP Fellowship, is it for me?
Do you ever wonder if FRCGP/ Fellowship is right for you? Join us to get a better understanding of what fellowship is, why it’s within the reach of anyone who has been a member of...
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 2025
- 12 March 2025
- 18 June 2025
- 10 September 2025
- 26 November 2025
Local training and development
Refresh, Renew and Reconnect
Tuesday 25 February 2025 - Village Hotel, Beeston
Back for another year, this one day event blends clinical CPD, personal development and wellbeing. Aimed at mid-career Vale of Trent and local region GPs.
- Refresh your clinical CPD
- Renew your personal development skills
- Reconnect with yourself and others
Details on how to book coming soon.
Midland Diversity Conference 2025
We are thrilled to welcome you back to the award-winning Midland Diversity Conference, now bigger and better than ever! This unique tri-faculty collaboration promises an insightful and engaging exploration of key Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) topics. Whether you're a GP, trainee, or trainer, this conference is designed for everyone passionate about creating a more inclusive future.
Our goal is to break down barriers for our diverse general practice workforce, promoting equity of opportunity and creating spaces for meaningful change. Join us for a day of inspiration, connection, and collaboration as we tackle these challenges together.
RCGP Fellowship
December 2023
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 2023
We attend careers events for local medical students at the Nottingham University Medical School. Please contact us for further information.
Meet your faculty
Faculty Officers
- Dr Gopi Singaravel - Chair
- Dr Marcus Wilkinson - Vice Chair
- Margaret Jones - Provost
- Dr Marcus Bicknell - Honorary Treasurer
- Dr Bakula Patel - Honorary Secretary
- Dr Anjla Sharman - Council representative on Council
Faculty Board Members
- Dr Jane Selwyn - Faculty Deputy Rep on Council and Joint LCARM Joint Lead
- Dr Marilyn Horner - Joint LCARM Lead
- Dr Apoorva Saxena - First5 Lead
- Dr Rebecca Clegg - GP registrar Co-Lead
- Dr David Poll - Ex-Officio Past Faculty Chair
- Dr Mufaza Rashid - EDI Lead
- Dr Zarina Beg - Education Lead
- Dr Jeeves Wijesuriya - Wellbeing Lead
- Dr Mohammed Noaman - International Lead
- Dr Kalindi Tumurugoti - Full Member
- Dr James Waldron - Established GP Lead
- Ms Helen Wiseman - Co-opted as Student - President Nottingham GP Society
- Dr Sophie Timson - Foundation 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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