Category: RCGP

Locums unemployed during access crisis ‘absurd’, GPs tell Health Sec

Some 9,765 GPs, registrars and retired GPs have signed a new open letter from the RCGP.

Stop hiring physician associates, Royal College advises GPs

The College has also advised GPs to triage every patient a PA sees.

NASGP chair to join panel on workforce at London event

Dr Richard Fieldhouse will join Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown and Dr Venothan Suri for a discussion on GP workforce next month. 

Physician associates must work within ‘red lines’: RCGP

Prof Hawthorne said she had also been warned that it would taken a year for PAs to become regulated by the GMC.

RCGP calls for £150m ‘GP retention fund’

Report reveals massive shortfall between GPs who stay and go.

GP visa petition launched by RCGP

GPs have been asked to sign to protest visa blockages for overseas colleagues.

Prioritise BAME patients for Covid-19 vaccination, RCGP urges

The NASGP supports calls by the RCGP to prioritise Black, Asian and minority ethnic patients for Covid-19 vaccinations, given the extensive evidence that they are at higher risk.

Future of general practice has invisible upsides for GP locums, NASGP chair promises

Wellbeing, working patterns and career priorities are all top of the agenda, with Richard explaining how Locum Chambers and Balint groups support GPs’ wellbeing at work

GP appraisals restart next month, RCGP warns

We know you’ve missed them, but don’t worry! Appraisals are back next month

Remote working: the blurred line between triage and consultation

It is imperative that triage and consultation are recognised as unique, and different, skills by partners and professional bodies

A view from RCGP Council

This is the first in a series of blogs to keep NASGP members up to date with deliberations of relevance to sessional GPs.

Podcast | First5 – bridging the gap, with Jodie Weinstein-Blackadder

RCGP’s simplified – and welcome – appraisal guidance

£10 million injection to boost GP workforce in England

RCGP has overlooked sessional GPs

The RCGP has just published its findings from their independent inquiry into patient centred care in the 21st century, chaired by former NHS Confederation Chief Executive Mike Farrar.

RCGP to spearhead solutions for Sessional GP isolation

The formal report is now published here, and includes information on how the RCGP are putting together a working group to tackle these issues one and for all.

Salaried and Locum GPs needed to champion GP Commissioning