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12 February 2023

The Sunday Times visits Vice Chair’s practice in Yorkshire

RCGP Vice Chair Margaret Ikpoh and colleagues hosted a journalist from The Sunday Times at their GP practice to discuss pressures on the frontline.

02 February 2023

Welsh Government Workforce Plan announced

Responding to this week’s Workforce Plan announced by the Welsh Government, a spokesperson for RCGP Cymru Wales said the following.

30 January 2023

New stats reveal GP pressures and rising cost of living

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the RCGP, responds to ONS figures on the impact of winter pressures between 22 November to 18 November 2022.

26 January 2023

General practice is understaffed, underfunded and overstretched - and we and our patients deserve more, says College

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the RCGP, responds to the latest GP workforce and workload data published by NHS Digital.

23 January 2023

We simply don’t have enough doctors to cope with the numbers of patients who need our services, says College Chair

College Chair wrote for yesterday’s Sunday Express as part of a special report headlined It’s time to place GPs at the heart of our NHS.

23 January 2023

Pharmacy services must not substitute GPs, says RCGP Chair

RCGP Chair responds to a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy, calling for pharmacy funding and new powers to ease NHS backlogs.

21 January 2023

Charging patients for GP appointments will not work, warns College

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne has issued the following statement in response to former Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s call for patients to pay for GP appointments and visits to A&E

20 January 2023

Abuse of GPs is ‘unacceptable’, says RCGP

RCGP Chair responds to a Pulse survey that revealed widespread physical and verbal abuse of GPs and their staff.

20 January 2023

Health leaders request urgent meeting with Secretary of State over health crisis

Royal College leaders representing thousands of doctors and nurses in Northern Ireland have written to the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris requesting an urgent meeting in light of the ongoing health crisis.