Leicester Faculty

We support over 1,000 members, Fellows, Associates and GP registrars in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

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The faculty runs an extensive educational programme for GPs at all stages of their career. In addition to our educational programme the faculty hosts a number of social events, including the annual retired members lunch, Fellows frolic and the Faculty awards and AGM dinner.

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Board meetings

We rely on members to play an active role locally, promoting the College aims and objectives. It is essential to raise and maintain awareness of demographic issues and needs of GPs and patients alike and develop initiatives to support these. All local members are very welcome to attend Board meetings and participate in these discussions. We meet four times a year, in February, June, September and November.

The next board meetings will take place on:

  • Tuesday 9 June 2026
  • Tuesday 8 September 2026
  • Tuesday 17 November 2026

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...

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...

15 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

Fellowship

The Leicester Faculty Fellowship subcommittee welcomes nominations of Members for the award of FRCGP. The Faculty actively encourages its members of 5 years plus standing to consider putting themselves forward for Fellowship.

The Provost will be pleased to offer informal advice to any member who wishes to propose a colleague for this honour. Guidance on eligibility and the process of nomination can be found on the RCGP website. For more information view the Fellowship page.

Support to GP registrars

The Faculty welcomes new local GP registrars onto the programme and promote the College.

For more information view the GP registrars page.
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Meet your faculty

Faculty Officers

  • Dr Nigel Scarborough - Provost
  • Dr Ebrahim Mulla - Chair
  • Dr Shiraz Makda - Vice Chair
  • Dr Hisham Haq - Honorary Secretary
  • Dr Faraz Anjum - Honorary Treasurer
  • Dr Saqib Anwar - Council Representative

Faculty Board Members

  • Dr Rushabh Pattani - First5 Co-Lead
  • Dr Neel Gadhia - First5 Co-Lead
  • Dr Vidya Hegde - GP Registrar Lead
  • Dr Yasemin Kara - GP Registrar Representative
  • Dr Muneebah Hafejee - GP Registrar Representative
  • Dr Aaron Yip - GP Registrar Representative
  • Dr Habeebah Sanni - IMG Lead and EDI Co-Lead
  • Dr Neha Popat - EDI Co-Lead
  • Dr Simon Gay - Leicester Medical School Representative
  • Dr Kathryn Oliver - HEE Representative
  • Dr Hina Trivedi - Established GP Lead
  • Dr Pooya Shetye - Deputy Council Representative
  • Dr Sam Seidu - Full Member
  • Dr Syed Ghias - Full Member
  • Reena Patel - Practice Nurse Representative

Contact us

Telephone: 020 3188 7786
Mobile: 07342 998754
Email: leicester@rcgp.org.uk 

Your local Faculty Administrator is Samantha Self (she/her).

Sam’s workdays/hours are Monday - Thursday 09:30-17:30.

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