About us
A warm welcome from the East Anglia Faculty. We support over 2,000 members, Fellows, Associates and GP Registrars throughout the Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk 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
The East Anglia Faculty Board are a dedicated group of volunteers who have been elected by members to represent and support local interests. Find out which Board roles are currently available in your Faculty.
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 held online. 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 via EAnglia@rcgp.org.uk if you would like to attend.
Latest Faculty updates
International activities
Dr Sonny Aung and Professor Amanda Howe have written an article about what RCGP International has done for their members, such as attending WONCA and engaging in exchanges with peers from other countries.
Visit our website and read the blog article.
Sustainability and climate change
The RCGP East Anglia recognise that the climate emergency is a health emergency and acknowledge our responsibility to contribute to society’s collective response to this. As a Faculty we want this declaration to have an impact so have decided to put our money where our mouth is and invest in this issue.
In 2025 we are taking action by:
- Funding places on the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Sustainable Primary Care Course
- Running funded webinars for GP partners on decarbonising GP practices (dates to follow)
- Establishing a prize for East Anglia Green Practice of the Year
- By calling on the three NHS Integrated Care Systems in our area to make primary care a central part of ICS green plans, for each ICS to establish a lead for zero carbon primary care, and for a fair allocation of any funding for action to decarbonise the NHS to be spent in primary care.
A Net Zero General Practice e-learning hub has been launched by the RCGP, funded by NHS England with online learning modules on sustainable healthcare, low carbon respiratory care and the non-clinical carbon footprint of general practice.
Beyond RCGP, action continues with Green NHS teams in Integrated Care Boards working on their Green Plan actions which should include opportunities for primary care, and the Greener Practice network goes from strength to strength. On the Greener Practice website, you can locate your local greener practice group as well as the asthma toolkit.
Previous Correspondence to RCGP East Anglia Members on climate change:
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 4 March 2026
- Wednesday 10 June 2026
- Wednesday 9 September 2026
- Wednesday 18 November 2026
Local training and development
Climate action opportunities
December 2023
‘Any further delay [in action]…will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.’ This was just one of the many shocking conclusions of the recent IPCC report on the global impacts of climate change. This is why RCGP East Anglia continues to support members to take climate action and looking for ways to further increase our work on this issue. Please do consider exploring the following opportunities and resources:
Climate Action Prize
We are seeking nominations for our climate action prize which will go to a practice in the area which has undertaken action to reduce its carbon footprint or engage staff, patients or the public on climate change issues. We know most practices are at the beginning of their journey when it comes to climate action, so please do consider applying no matter how small your actions are. We want to recognise and support first movers in this field. Find out more information on the Climate Action Prize.
Green Impact for Health toolkit
The Green Impact for Health toolkit website has been updated. It remains an invaluable tool for practices looking to undertake actions to reduce the environmental impact of their practice.
For more details of all of the above, please see the latest from your faculty section. We would welcome suggestions for further actions we could take as a Faculty, so please feel free to email Dr James Smith, RCGP East Anglia Sustainability Lead.
First5 activity in our area
May 2025
The Faculty are keen to continue to expand the First5 activities in our area including helping to facilitate peer support and networking across the region. We have already set up and started a series of interactive workshops for First5 GPs on topics particularly pertinent to a newly qualified GP. Finally we are hoping to improve links with the regional VTS schemes to further smoothen the transition from ST3 to qualified GP and improve the overall visibility of First5.
Fellowship
May 2025
Our Faculty has always worked hard to encourage people to put themselves and others forward for FRCGP, and the RCGP has recently relaunched an updated process which is open to any member in good standing who has been MRCGP for five years, completed their first revalidation cycle, and can show their contribution to the profession. We welcome GPs with special interests, leadership roles, innovators and educators – but no additional career achievements are necessary. The core commitment to patients and delivery of high quality GP care over a sustained period is enough to deserve recognition! See the fellowship page or contact us for more information.
Awards and prizes
We host an annual awards evening to celebrate and recognise innovation and excellence in general practice across our area.
Practice Team Awards
May 2025
The Awards offer an opportunity for Primary Care teams to acknowledge their colleagues’ excellence and innovation and also for individuals to nominate themselves for an Award. The Awards process is overseen by a panel of judges made up of members of the RCGP East Anglia Faculty Board.
To view the award categories and submit a nomination, fill out the forms on the RCGP awards page.
Carole Brown Memorial Award
May 2025
This Award is in memory of Carole Brown, who was an outstanding GP in our Faculty with great gifts of leadership. Awards will be made to support outstanding, new initiatives or activities in the fields of family planning, reproductive and older women’s health within the area of the Faculty. These may be of an educational, or a research or a developmental nature relating to general practice, primary care or the aims and objectives of the Faculty. Applications may be made by an individual GP or by a group in primary or community care which includes a general practitioner. Please contact us for further details.
The nomination form for can be found on the RCGP awards page.
Sustainability and climate change
May 2025
The RCGP East Anglia are offering a climate change award to practices that have achieved significant progress in reducing their environmental impact. Spinney Surgery won in 2023 and Victoria Surgery in 2024.
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 East Anglia members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:
East Anglian 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
East Anglia Faculty Board September 2026 Meeting
The Faculty Chair, Dr Claire Giles and members of the Faculty Board, would like to invite you to the September Faculty Board meeting. All members are welcome to attend the meeting...
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.
- Practice Team awards
- Sustainability and Climate change award
- Carole Brown memorial award
RCGP Fellowship
Our Faculty has always worked hard to encourage people to put themselves and others forward for FRCGP, and the RCGP has recently relaunched an updated process which is open to any member in good standing who has been MRCGP for five years, completed their first revalidation cycle, and can show their contribution to the profession. We welcome GPs with special interests, leadership roles, innovators and educators – but no additional career achievements are necessary. The core commitment to patients and delivery of high quality GP care over a sustained period is enough to deserve recognition! See the fellowship page or contact us for more information.
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 Claire Giles - Faculty Chair
- Dr Serge Engamba - Vice-Chair and Faculty Council Representative
- Dr Sonny Aung - Provost
- Dr Alice Cozens - Honorary Treasurer and Deputy Faculty Council Representative
- Dr Ginika Ilechukwu - Honorary Secretary
- Dr Christiane Riedinger - First5 Lead, Cambridgeshire
- Dr Ahmed Moawad - First5 Lead, Suffolk
- Dr Nickson Namuya - First5 Lead, Norfolk
- Dr Jilshy Varghese - GP Registrar Lead, Cambridgeshire
- Dr Ajay Ramesh - GP Registrar Lead, Cambridgeshire
- Dr Millie Bach - GP Registrar Lead, Norfolk
- Professor Amanda Howe - LCaRM Lead
- Dr Serge Engamba - Joint International Lead
- Dr Sonny Aung - Joint International Lead
- Dr Olumide Ayodele - IMG Lead
- Dr Tosh Ozer - Wellbeing Lead
- Dr James Smith - Sustainability Lead
- Professor Simon Griffin - Professor of General Practice, University of Cambridge
- Professor Amanda Howe - Honorary Professor of Primary Care, UEA
- Dr Mark Attah - Board Member
- Dr Chathurika Dayasena - Board Member
- Vacant, Established GP Lead
- Dr Demola Onakoya - County Representative for Norfolk
- Dr Ebenezer Olulade - County Representative for Norfolk
- Daniel James - County Representative for Suffolk
- Two vacant, County Representative for Cambridgeshire
- Dr Andrew Wright - Co-opted Primary Care Dean, East of England
- Dylan Gunawardena - GP Society, Cambridge
- Maya Harji - GP Society, Cambridge
- Cicely Green - GP Society, UEA
Contact us
Telephone: 0203 188 7693
Email: eanglia@rcgp.org.uk
We are available between Monday - Thursday, 08:30 - 16:30
Your local Faculty Administrator is Annemarie McCarty
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