RCGP news
07 July 2021
GPs must be at the heart of NHS reforms, says College
Responding to the First Reading of the Health and Care Bill, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.
08 June 2021
Pause in GP data sharing scheme must be used to ‘properly communicate’ with patients and clinicians
RCGP Chair responds to the announcement that NHS Digital’s GP Data for Planning and Research programme will be paused, following calls for this by the College.
04 June 2021
College update on patient data proposals – GPDPR
On 28 May, the RCGP and BMA wrote to NHS Digital about the GP Data for Planning and Research Programme, urging them to communicate more fully with patients and inform them of their options.
04 June 2021
College writes to Health Secretary calling for immediate delay to patient data proposals
The College has today written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling for an immediate delay to the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme.
12 May 2021
RCGP and BMA statement on GP data for planning and research
NHS Digital has issued a Data Provision Notice (DPN) as part of the development of GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) – a planned replacement for the GP Extraction Service (GPES) to collect data for planning and research from general practices in England.
12 May 2021
Menopause care is included in GP curriculum, says College
Ahead of a Channel 4 documentary being broadcast this evening on menopause, the RCGP have issued the following statement.
11 May 2021
RCGP calls for more in-person GP appointments post COVID
RCGP deems face-to-face consulting an essential element of general practice, so remote consulting should not be an ‘automatic default’ for GPs post pandemic.
08 April 2021
Medical assessments for prospective foster carer and adopters in Wales statement
Joint statement from RCGP Cymru Wales and BMA Cymru Wales.
18 March 2021
Conversations about end of life wishes 'crucial' part of general practice, says RCGP
Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the RCGP, responds to a report by the Care Quality Commission on DNACPR decisions during the pandemic.
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