About us
A warm welcome from the Tamar Faculty. We support over 1,250 Members, Fellows, Associates and GP Registrars throughout the Devon and Cornwall 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
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 in person.
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 if you would like to attend or visit our Faculties page to find out more information about Faculty Boards.
Latest Faculty updates
GP Registrar dinner/dance
In July the Faculty held it’s inaugural GP Registrar dinner/dance. 55 members from across Devon and Cornwall met at a venue in Exeter and had a wonderful evening of socialising, dancing and fun. Comments from members include:
‘A lovely Summer Ball, great location, delicious food, and a really enjoyable evening. It was a lovely opportunity to celebrate, catch up with colleagues, and take some end of training photos. Thank you for organising such a great event!’
‘A wonderful evening at the RCGP dinner. Great opportunity to connect and celebrate achievements with colleagues. Good fun.’
‘The RCGP Tamar Faculty Dinner was a very lovely and memorable event. Asides from the great opportunity to network and reunite with colleagues, it was a good opportunity to hang out and relax in a very friendly and warm atmosphere. I look forward to more events like this!’
Our next in person social event will be held at the McConaghey in Lecture in November, where members are invited to join us for a complimentary three course dinner for the opportunity to socialise, network and meet members of the local RCGP Faculty board.
Fellows dinner
The Tamar Faculty held it’s annual Fellows dinner at The Arundell Arms in Lifton in March. It was well attended and a great way for new and old Fellows of the College to catch up with peers and colleagues.
If you are a Fellow of the Tamar Faculty and would like to input in to our social events please do complete our survey Tamar Faculty Fellows social event.
Fellows dinner
The Tamar Faculty held it’s annual Fellows dinner at The Arundell Arms in Lifton in March. It was well attended and a great way for new and old Fellows of the College to catch up with peers and colleagues.
If you are a Fellow of the Tamar Faculty and would like to input in to our social events please do complete our survey Tamar Faculty Fellows social event.
GP Registrar dinner/dance
In July the Faculty held it’s inaugural GP Registrar dinner/dance. 55 members from across Devon and Cornwall met at a venue in Exeter and had a wonderful evening of socialising, dancing and fun.
Our next in person social event will be held at the McConaghey in Lecture in November, where members are invited to join us for a complimentary three course dinner.
Working with the Southwest School of Primary Care
The Tamar Faculty is delighted to be collaborating with the Southwest School of Primary Care in offering the first Experienced Educational Supervisors Course (EESC) to have run in the region since 2022. We are excited to be able to bring these courses to local GPs. More information and registration can be found on our events page.
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 1,250 members. Follow us on our LinkedIn page for up to date events and activities in your region, or search our list of events below:
Tamar events
03 September 2026
Floating yoga class
Private open air Vinyash yoga class on the deck of a barge moored in the beautiful Exe Estuary, includes high-speed boat ride.
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...
07 September 2026
Creative writing for wellbeing - September 2026
Wellbeing sessions guiding members through creative writing techniques and responses to texts, quotes and images to support your wellbeing.
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.
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 Nick Hodges - Chair & Council Representative
- Dr Deepthi Lavu - Deputy Faculty Chair
- Dr Susanna Hill - Provost
- Dr Helen Stephens - Treasurer & Training Programme Representative
- Dr Richard Pratt - Vice Council Representative
Faculty Board Members
- Dr Eva Baker – Board member
- Dr Emilia Allwright – GP Registrar committee member
- Dr Joanna Dudek – GP Registrar committee member
- Dr Joe Lopez – GP Registrar committee member
- Dr Murtaza Abbas – GP Registrar committee member
- Prakriti Mall – GPSoc representative
- Smriti Kumar – GPSoc representative
- Dr Jenna Hussain – Co-Vice GP Registrar Lead
- Dr Molly Parkinson – GP Registrar Lead
- Dr Ahmad Harb – Co Vice GP Registrar Lead
- Dr Jonathan White – LCARM representative
- Professor Sir Denis Pereira Gray - Honorary Member
- Dr Vanessa May – GP Registrar committee member
- Dr Chris Campbell - Fellowship Committee member
- Dr Emilie Tindall - Foundation Doctor representative
- Dr Molly Parkinson - Vice GP Registrar Lead and GP registrar committee member
- Tochukwu Achonye - GP registrar committee member and IMG Lead
- Dr Laura Jane Davis - EDI Lead
- Dr Stephanie Jackson - Wellbeing Lead (Cornwall)
- Dr Zeshan Griffin - GP Registrar committee member
- Dr Judit Konya - (Medical School representative)
- Dr Ben Titford – Climate & Sustainability Lead
- Dr Penelope Atkinson – Established GP Lead
- Sharon Evans – Practice Nurse representative
- Dr Alice Warwick–James - Wellbeing Lead (Devon)
Our faculty byelaws
(Approved by the College Council under Bye-Law 50)
Interpretation
1. The Interpretation Act 1978 applies to these Bye-Laws as to an Act of Parliament.
2. Words and phrases used in the Charter, Ordinances and Bye-Laws of the College mean the same in these Bye-Laws.
Faculty name
3. The name of the Faculty shall be the Tamar Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners (referred to in these Rules as "the Faculty").
Area of the Faculty
4. The area of the Faculty shall be Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Terms of Reference
5. The terms of reference of the Faculty are to further the College object in the area referred to in Bye-Law 4 of these Bye-Laws, subject to the Charter, Ordinances and Bye-Laws of the College.
Membership of the Faculty
6. The members of the Faculty shall be those members of the College practising or employed in the area referred to in Bye-Law 4 of these Bye-Laws or, if retired or otherwise not practising or employed, residing within that area. The Board may in addition permit the privileges of membership of the Faculty to be made available to members of the College not qualified for membership of the Faculty under the previous provisions of this Bye-Law.
Associateship of the Faculty
7. The associates of the Faculty shall be those associates of the College practising or employed in the area referred to in Bye-Law 4 of these Bye-Laws or, if retired or otherwise not practising or employed, residing within that area. The Board may in addition grant the privileges of associateship of the Faculty to individual associates of the College not qualified for associateship under the previous provisions of this Bye-Law. Associates may attend general meetings of the Faculty, but shall not be entitled to vote. All associates in training (AiTs) in good standing studying within the Faculty area shall be regarded as associates of the Faculty whilst still under training.
General meetings
8. (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Annual General Meeting of the Faculty shall be held once in each Faculty year (defined for this purpose as running from 1st November in one year to the next following 30th October) on a date and time decided by the Board. Notice of the Annual General Meeting shall be sent to all members and associates of the Faculty not less than 21 clear days before the meeting.
(2) The Board may, not less than 28 days before the date on which an Annual General Meeting of the Faculty is due to be held, resolve to dispense with the Annual General Meeting if it appears unlikely that a quorum will be obtained or that there are other good reasons for doings. Notice of the fact that the Annual General Meeting has been dispensed with shall be sent to all members and associates not less than 14 days before the date on which the Annual General Meeting would have been held. Where the Board has dispensed with the Annual General Meeting, the Board may take such decisions as could have been taken by the Annual General Meeting, and the provisions of these Bye-Laws shall apply as necessary.
9. The business of the Annual General Meeting shall be:
(1) To approve the minutes of the previous general meeting;
(2) To receive the results of elections or nominations to the Board;
(3) To elect officers;
(4) To receive the Annual Report of the Board;
(5) To approve the Accounts of the Board for the preceding financial year to 31 March;
(6) Members' motions; and
(7) Such other business as the Chairman may allow.
10. Any 20 members of the Faculty may by requisition to the Chairman or Honorary Secretary demand that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the Faculty be convened, on not less than 28 days' notice, for the purpose of considering any motion set out in the requisition.
11. The quorum of general meetings of the Faculty shall be 5. If within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the beginning of the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall be abandoned and, in the case of an Annual General Meeting, the Board may take such decisions as could have been reached by that meeting as if the meeting had been dispensed with under Bye-Law 8 of these Bye-Laws.
12. The Provost or other officer designated by the Board shall chair all general meetings of the Faculty. In the absence of both the Provost and the designated officer, any other officer designated by the Board to do so shall preside. In the absence of the Provost and any officer designated to preside, the members present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to chair the meeting.
13. The rules of debate at general meetings of the Faculty shall, subject to the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting, be those applicable to general meetings of the College, with the necessary adaptations.
14. All questions at general meetings of the Faculty shall be decided by a majority of the members present and eligible to vote. The Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote, regardless of whether he or she has already voted.
Officers of the Faculty
15. The officers of the Faculty shall be a Provost, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer and such other officers as the Board shall decide from time to time. The term of office of the officers shall normally be up to 3 years.
16. The Chairman and Honorary Treasurer of the Board shall be elected by the members of the Faculty, in such manner as the Board shall decide, and every member shall be entitled to vote. No election need take place if only one candidate is duly nominated for any particular vacancy. If there is more than one nomination, the person with the most votes at AGM is appointed.
Faculty Board
17. The management of the affairs of the Faculty shall be vested in a Faculty Board (referred to as "the Board" in these Bye-Laws), which is empowered, subject to the provisions of the Charter, Ordinances and Bye-Laws of the College and any directions of the Council, to act on behalf of the College and the Faculty. The Board may regulate its own procedure, subject as previously stated.
18. The members of the Faculty Board shall consist of the Provost, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer, a representative each from practice nursing, practice management, and lay membership, a registrar member, locality representatives including members from Cornwall, Plymouth and area, North Devon, South Devon and Torbay, Exeter and East Devon, a postgraduate educational representative and a research representative from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry.
19. The Board may appoint such committees or sub-committees for such purposes as it thinks fit.
20. The Board shall appoint College tutors for each locality. They will be co-opted to the Board if not already a member.
21. The Board and any of its committees or sub-committees may if the Chairman of the body concerned agrees meet wholly or partly by telephone or video conference, provided all members have been sent the papers for the meeting (including by electronic means). The quorum for meetings of the Board shall be 5.
Faculty representative(s) on College Council
22. The Board shall be responsible for nominating the Faculty representative(s) on the College Council. There shall also be a deputy Faculty representative. Both should be elected by the Faculty Board.
Accounts and financial arrangements
23. The Honorary Treasurer of the Faculty shall be responsible for drawing up the Accounts of the Faculty for the previous 12 months to 31 March, including a balance sheet and profit and loss account. The Accounts as so drawn up shall be sent to the Honorary Treasurer of the College, for inclusion in the Annual Financial Report of the College.
24. The banking account(s) of the Faculty shall be held at the Unity Trust Bank, or such other Bank as the Board may from time to time decide, subject to the approval of the Honorary Treasurer of the College. Appropriate procedures shall be put in place by the Board, subject to the approval of the Honorary Treasurer of the College, for authorisation of payments.
Amendment, revocation or re-making of Bye-Laws
25. These Bye-Laws may, subject to the approval of the College Council, be amended, revoked and re-made by resolution of the members of the Faculty in general meeting, passed by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.
Contact us
Telephone: 020 3188 7712
Email: tamar@rcgp.org.uk
Office opening hours: Monday: 09:30 - 16:30, Wednesday and Thursday: 09:00 - 15:30
Your local Faculty Administrator is Alice Sefton.
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