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29 July 2021

College sounds SOS for general practice – and calls for rescue plan

Leading UK GP warns that an emergency rescue package is required for crisis-torn general practice to provide post-pandemic care that patients need.

27 July 2021

Urgent action needed to address burnout in GP trainers and trainees, says RCGP

Responding to the GMC’s National Training Survey, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

19 July 2021

RCGP and BMA statement on the latest plans for GPDPR

Health Minister Jo Churchill has today written to all GPs in England, setting out plans for the next steps for the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme and extending the timeframe beyond 1 September.

17 July 2021

Expanded flu programme

Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

15 July 2021

GPs and teams advise patients on lifestyle choices but ‘prescribing’ certain foods ‘inappropriate’, says RCGP

Responding to the National Food Strategy, published today, particularly on the proposal for GPs to prescribe fruit and veg to patients, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

15 July 2021

College launches first online exhibition, Women at the heart of general practice

The Royal College of GPs has launched its first online exhibition, Women at the heart of general practice, to mark women’s contribution to general practice and explore the many changes in the profession since the first British women pioneers began to take formal medical qualifications.

15 July 2021

Immigration status should be no barrier to general practice or COVID-19 vaccination, says RCGP

Responding to an investigation, by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which found that a number of GP surgeries were not registering undocumented migrants, Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown, joint Honorary Secretary for the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

09 July 2021

Safety of patients and healthcare professionals must be paramount as restrictions eased, says RCGP

Ahead of current plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions on 19 July, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.

08 July 2021

RCGP responds to GP Patient Survey

Responding to the latest GP Patient Survey, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following.