Welcome from Humber and the Ridings Faculty
Welcome to the Humber and the Ridings Faculty. We support over 850 Members, Fellows, Associates and Associates in Training in the Humber and the Ridings area which covers the North and East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and the Vale of York. We're a small Faculty with big talent, and were winners of the inaugural 2017 Small Faculties Vibrant Faculties Award in recognition of our great relationship with our retired members. We pride ourselves on offering quality, tailored CPD and professional training courses to our members and the GP workforce in our area. We're big on recognition too, and each year we host an annual dinner and 'Celebrating General Practice' event to reward the skills and efforts of our members, whatever the stage of their career.
Get involved
Our Faculty Board meets four times per year in February, June, September and November and is made up of GP volunteers including representatives from Hull GP Society, Hull and York Medical School (HYMS), First5 and AiT committees, as well as representation for Fellows and a regional Education Lead. The purpose of Faculty Board meetings is to discuss and progress our local engagement activities and to highlight any issues which are pertinent to our members. Our local issues and opinions are then fed back to College Council. Faculty Board meetings are held in various locations across Humber and the Ridings for the benefit of our members. We're always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to get involved and help shape our Faculty Board. Please email humber@rcgp.org.uk if you're interested in finding out more about how you can get involved.
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 events in Humber and Ridings
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 Margaret Ikpoh, Chair
- Dr David Rose, Vice Chair
- Dr Dan Roper, Provost
- Dr Thomas Patel-Campbell, Honorary Treasurer & Council Representative
- Dr Mathew Fortnam, Honorary Secretary & First5 Lead
Faculty Board members
- Dr Mike Holmes - Vice Chair Council (Membership)
- Dr Joe Klakus - First5
- Dr Joanne Reeve - HYMS Representative
- Dr Lee Guest
- Mrs Linda Chambers - Lay Representative
- Dr David Crick - Retired Member
- Dr Aung Khaing Moe - International Representative
- Dr Kanan Pande - Co-opted
- Dr William Marshall - GP Society Lead
- Dr Cathy Twomey
- Dr Ali Raza - AiT Lead
- Dr Nicola Greenwood - AiT Lead
Faculty Representatives
Getting involved
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. If you would like to find out more about becoming involved with the faculty we would be delighted to hear from you.
Faculty News
The RCGP has teamed up with Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) to develop confidential bespoke practice and patient-level drug prescribing reports, available for free for GP practices contributing to CPRD, and Humber and the Ridings faculty are proud to show them our support.
These Quality Improvement reports enable:
- patient-level case finding for contraindicated drug prescribing
- easy review of individual patient care plans
- confidential benchmarking against GP practices across the UK
- collection of evidence for annual appraisals under Good Medical Practice Domain 2 (Safety and Quality)
Everything you need to know about this project is available at www.cprd.com/generalpractitioner/QualityImprovementProject.asp This also includes details of how you can get involved and resources for your practice.
New Medical Student and Foundation Doctor Committee launched
RCGP has launched a new committee for medical student and foundation doctors. This new committee will build on the work upon the successes of the Student Projects Group which is now in its second year and will continue to support and empower GP Societies, where the MSFY committee will be project led and provide executive oversight.
Local student and foundation doctor members are invited to join and take part in the new committee. Full information, including their purpose, mission and next steps is outlined here.
Humber and the Ridings AGM
All members are invited to attend board meetings and the AGM. If you would like to discuss any item covered or would like an item to be considered at a future meeting, please contact us.
Faculty Initiatives
Faculty Fellowship
The Faculty actively encourages its members of five years plus standing to consider putting themselves or colleagues forward for Fellowship. The Provost, Dr Dan Roper, leads the Faculty Fellowship Committee and can offer advice and support. Please contact the Faculty Administrator for further information.
Annual Dinner
We host an annual dinner each year which is combined with an awards ceremony. The Humber and the Ridings Faculty Annual Dinner is a great way for the Faculty and its members to come together with colleagues and students from across the region to celebrate and showcase local talent in primary care. Last year, the Faculty Annual Dinner attracted a third of the Faculty membership and saw the RCGP Chair Prof. Helen Stokes-Lampard attending as the after dinner speaker. If you are interested in attending the 2019 event, please email the Faculty Administrator Samantha Self, who will contact you when registration is open.
Awards and Prizes
The Faculty is pleased to offer the following annual awards:
The Bibby/Innes Award
This award is open to Humber and the Ridings Faculty AiTs in their second or third year of specialty training.
The Eric Clow Award
This award is open to HYMS students in Years 1 - 3.
The Simon Wilkinson Award
This award is open to HYMS students in Years 4 or 5.
Please contact us if you have any questions regarding these awards.
White Rose
In addition to the services we provide to members locally, we have joined with Sheffield and Yorkshire faculties to consider an education programme that meets the needs of members across our county.
More details of the White Rose joint initiative, and the upcoming White Rose events can be found here.
Contact us
RCGP Humber and the Ridings Faculty Office
Bank Quay House
Sankey Street
Warrington
WA1 1NN
T: 020 3188 7786
E: humber@rcgp.org.uk
Opening hours
Office opening hours: 09:30 - 17:00 on Monday to Friday.
Your local Faculty Administrator is Samantha Self
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