About

Welcome from the North West England Faculty. We support over 3,750 Members, Fellows, Associates and GP Registrars throughout the North West England area. One of our main priorities is to engage with all members, especially new members.

The Faculty has an active leadership role in the GP Excellence Program supporting its practices and GPs and has developed links with stakeholders such as HENW, The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Local Cancer Care Networks, Local Clinical Allergies Network and Social Enterprise.

Here you can find out more about what we offer and how you can get involved.

Get involved

The North West England 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 either held online or face to face at convenient North West England venues 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 gillian.boggan@rcgp.org.uk if you would like to attend.

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 3,783 members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:

Celebrating and supporting you

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 3,783 members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:

Friedlander bursary

For anybody who has submitted and a research paper/poster for a medical conference, and subsequently had it accepted the Friedlander Fund will support you by reimbursing some of the costs occurred for attending the conference.

There are 3 annual bursaries of up to £200 each which can be applied for as follows:

Criteria to apply

• Must be a medical/clinical or academic conference
• Must be a North West England Faculty RCGP member who Is attending to present the work
• Must have had the paper accepted
• Must have receipts/evidence of spending*

Please apply in writing in no more than 250 words why you should be considered to nwengland@rcgp.org.uk. Please provide a copy of the paper or poster for consideration with information on the conference you are attending.

Please ensure you provide the following information in your application:

• Your name, employer/practice and RCGP membership number
• What have you been accepted for (i.e. poster/oral poster/oral presentation)
• Title of project and submission to conference (if different)
• Methods used
• Main findings of your research
• What difference it will make to practice/education
• Your role in the project
• Future plans
• Any other dissemination plans/papers proposed from this project

(*Please note this is a reimbursement of expenses already incurred)

Friedlander support hub

In order to help you apply for this and other bursaries our Faculty can offer guidance and support on the process. If you wish to have your application given a critical read before submission by our "committee" please email nwengland@rcgp.org.uk.

Please find below some links to website you may find useful.

NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) provides free and confidential advice for funding applications, including clinical, applied health and social care research, and post-award advice to award holders.

NIHR Applied Research Collaborations

• NW England area
• Greater Manchester and E Cheshire areas
  

North West England GP Society

The faculty has an active GP Soc involving Lancaster University, Manchester University and University of Central Lancashire.  There are 2 members of the faculty board who work with the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of each university to develop and increase engagement.

Faculty Board representatives:

• Dr Dunni Adeniyi – GP Soc Co-lead
• Dr Kiran Baillal – GP Soc Co-lead
  
  

University Representatives:

• Rachel Kumar - President, Lancaster University GPSoc
• Lee Melo - Vice-president, Lancaster University GPSoc
• Manaal Mudassar - President, University of Manchester GPSoc
• Inithini Geevakumar - Vice-president, University of Manchester GPSoc

RCGP Fellowship

The Faculty actively encourages its members of five years plus standing to consider putting themselves forward for RCGP Fellowship - our highest level of membership. This prestigious honour reflects excellence and acknowledges your significant contribution to the field of general practice.

We 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.

Meet your faculty

Your faculty board has been elected 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.

Contact us

RCGP North West England Faculty
The Outset
Sankey Street
Warrington
WA1 1NN

Telephone: 07342 998773
Email: nwengland@rcgp.org.uk

Your local Faculty Administrator is: Gillian Boggan | gillian.boggan@rcgp.org.uk

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