Welcome from East Anglia Faculty
A warm welcome from East Anglia Faculty. We are a group of volunteer RCGP members who provide local networking, education and support for members in the area. We cover Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Norwich, King's Lynn, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich and Great Yarmouth, supporting around 1760 RCGP members and their peers. As a Faculty, we have a particular interest in supporting our members' CPD and professional development and provide a wide range of educational courses, tailored to local needs. We host an annual awards evening to celebrate and recognise innovation and excellence in general practice across our area.
Get involved
We meet four times per year in February, June, September and November 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. Our next meeting will be held at 19.30 on Tuesday 5 February 2019 in Cambridge.
We are currently recruiting for the following roles:
- District reps for Peterborough and Kings Lynn
If you are interested in these positions and would like further information, please contact the Faculty Office.
Upcoming events
We run many education courses and social/networking events throughout the year. Many of these contribute to CPD and professional development.
View all upcoming learning and social events in East Anglia
Our blog
Read our blog to find out more about our key projects, local events and highlights of our work.
Your Faculty Board
Faculty Officers
Dr Mark Attah, Faculty Chair
Professor Amanda Howe. Provost and Deputy Council Representative
- Dr Gary Howsam - Vice-Chair
- Dr Samita Mukhopadhyay - Honorary Secretary
- Dr Andrew Wright - Honorary Treasurer
- Dr Fiona Leckie - Education Lead
- Dr Kevork Hopayian - Joint International Lead
- Dr Sonny Aung - Joint International Lead
- Professor Arthur Hibble - Joint International Lead
- Dr Clare Routledge - Joint First5 Lead
- Dr Hannah Lawan - Joint First5 Lead
- Dr Nish Manek - Joint AiT Lead
- Dr Muddasar Ahmed - Joint AiT Lead
- Professor Simon Griffin - Professor of General Practice, University of Cambridge
- Dr Emma Hamilton - Board Member
- Dr Rebecca Ward - Board Member
- Dr Kevork Hopayian - District Ipswich Representative
- Dr Dickie Young – District Norwich Representative
- Dr Sonny Aung - District Bury St Edmunds Representative
- Dr Emma Brandon - District Great Yarmouth District Representative
- Dr Andrew Wright - Huntingdon District Representative
- Dr Katie Keller - Cambridge District Representative
- 10 Core Roles for Faculties (approved by Council November 2013)
- We support over 1760 members, Fellows, Associates and Associates in Training in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
First 5 Leads
First5 activity in our area
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.
Faculty News
Annual Symposium 2019 | Wednesday 19 June | University of Suffolk, The Waterfront, Ipswich | 09:30-17:30 & 17:30-21:30 (music recital and dinner)
'GP Trek - The Next Generation. To boldly go ....'
Put this in your diaries now! The East Anglian Faculty of the RCGP announces its Annual Symposium in 2019.
Unmissable opportunities
Great Keynote speeches: GP Next Generation and Overdiagnosis
Networking times and spaces throughout the day
Take time out and stroll along the historic and beautiful waterfront
Workshops for all
Beam me up - Mandatory training on site
GP but not as we know it - Looking at emerging ways of working
You might learn something, Dr - A cornucopia of clinical topics
Social event
At the end of the day, join us for diversions and dinner in the evening.
For further details contact Dr Samir Pai (samir.pai@nhs.net)
This year's AGM took place on Tuesday 11 September at Barnham Broom Hotel in Newmarket. Following the AGM we held our popular Awards Ceremony to celebrate all that is good in General Practice. The winners of this year's awards are as follows:
- GP Award - Dr Joseph Kemp
- Practice Team - The Swan and Forest Surgeries
Many congratulations to our winners.
2019 Practice Team Awards - details coming soon
Medical Student Conference, Saturday, 24 February, UEA Norwich
On Saturday 24 February, the Faculty organised (with the UEA GP Society), our first medical student conference at UEA in Norwich for medical students from Norwich and Cambridge. This was a full day’s programme with keynote talks from Professors David Haslam, Chair of NICE and Amanda Howe, President of WONCA, interactive parallel workshop sessions as well as a Question Time session. Presentations are now available to download:
Meetings
The last faculty board meeting was held on 14 November 2018.
Future Board meetings
- Tuesday 5 February 2019
- Tuesday 4 June 2019
- Wednesday 11 September 2019
- Wednesday 13 November 2019
All members are invited to attend board meetings. If you would like to discuss any item covered or would like an item to be considered at a future meeting, please contact us.
Fellowship
Don't be shy, its time to apply! Why you should become FRCGP
Fellowship of our college has come through many iterations to arrive in its current format. Now its pretty much where it should be.
So why should you think about Fellowship? Unlike other Colleges, we do not award Fellowship as a reward for time served. It is a real statement of excellence and one that all members should aim for. It says something about you and your practice for which you can be justifiably proud. Colleagues and patients recognize this excellence.
It is awarded in recognition of a significant contribution to medicine in general and general practice in particular. Fellows should exemplify our motto “cum scienta caritas”.
Have you been a member for at least 5 years and are you justifiably proud of your contribution to general practice? Then its time to apply.
- So what do you need to do next?
- Why not talk to one of the Faculty Leads?
- Find out what cum scienta caritas means!
- Start to fill in the forms. Complete your application form and find a nominator to support this.
Write your application as a narrative, this makes it easier to write about yourself. Where possible, include information about the 6 achievement categories. These categories are clinical practice, patient-centred practice, leadership, teaching and education, innovation and creativity, and academic and research.
- Don't worry if you can include only one category
- Look out for a series of events throughout the year
In the past 12 months we have welcomed 7 new Fellows
- Dr David Bennett
- Dr Frances Scouller
- Dr Brendon O'Leary
- Dr Konjo Girma
- Dr Elizabeth Mather
- Dr John Havard
- Dr Steven Taylor
Membership by Assessment of Performance (MAP)
If you are going through the MAP process and would like any advice, please contact us and we will be happy to offer you support through our MAP Lead.
Faculty Events
RCGP East Anglia Faculty has a well-established social calendar to encourage members to get together. These include our Annual Symposium, AGM, Practice Team Awards and other events such as the AiT visits to 30 Euston Square, Careers Evenings and local district meetings.
RCGP East Anglia Faculty are proud to deliver a number of excellent educational training courses throughout the year. Many of our courses are suitable for practice nurses and primary care staff.
Details of forthcoming RCGP East Anglia Faculty meetings, social events and educational courses can be accessed via the Upcoming Events box on the right.
Faculty Initiatives
International Work: Opportunities and Resources for Working and Studying Abroad
There are many opportunities for different stages of your career, from training to nearing retirement, and for different interests or skills.
During GP training
Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) permits a year out from training in the UK subject to approval from your training board.There may be funding for OOPE in some regions through a Global Health Fellowship:
- Associates in training and First Fives
- The Junior International Committee of RCGP Int provides information and support
- The Vasco da Gama Movement is the junior network of WONCA Europe
RCGP International
RCGP Int supports the development of high quality family medicine around the world and offers a variety of opportunities for work and study
- Placements/exchanges in Europe through the Erasmus programme
- Regional projects specific to location e.g. Sierra Leone, Uganda, Myanmar and led by local partners e.g. VSO, local GP societies
- Posts in accreditation and training services on behalf of RCGP International to foreign organisations such as health ministries or universities
- Grants for self-directed projects: International Travel Scholarship and Eric Gambrill awards to fund study of or development of health care abroad
- International newsletter available online with updated opportunities
International NGOs
- Many NGOs recruit to posts in difficult areas often combining clinical practice with local mentoring/teaching
- They tend to require medium term commitment (6 months to a year)
- Examples: Medicins sans frontières, Merlin, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
- Short to medium term and self-directed projects
- The BMA Humanitarian Fund supports humanitarian projects
- International Travel Scholarship and Eric Gambrill awards from RCGP Int
East Anglia Faculty International Representatives
- Dr Sonny Aung
- Professor Kevork Hopayian
- Professor Arthur Hibble
Contact via Faculty Office
Awards and Prizes
The Carole Brown Memorial Award
An award of up to £2000 is granted annually in memory of Dr Carole Brown, a GP with outstanding leadership skills. This is an excellent opportunity to apply for funding to follow a project that you may not have had the opportunity to pursue.
The John Stevens Biennial Award
This award will support a GP who has gained their MRCGP or MAP in the last five years to produce a project that is in keeping with the aims of RCGP. The award of up to £2000 is given in memory of Dr John Stevens a GP with great gifts of leadership.
RCGP National News
RCGP campaign to increase funding for general practice. The share of NHS resources for general practice is falling year on year. GPs struggle to provide quality care on an ever decreasing budget.
Back our campaign to increase the share to general practice and fine out why this campaign is so important.
Contact us
RCGP East Anglia Faculty
Church Farm
Maris Lane
Trumpington
Cambridge
CB2 9LG
T: 020 3188 7693/7694
E: eanglia@rcgp.org.uk
Opening hours
Office opening hours: 08:30 to 17:30, Monday to Thursday and 09:30 to 14:30 on Friday
Your local Faculty Administrator is Annemarie McCarty.
Your Events Administrator is Keri Platt.
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