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New ideas for improving care
Hard-pressed GPs with bright ideas for improving care - but no time or funding to put them into practice - can apply to become “innovation fellows” in an initiative launched today by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in collaboration with the Peter Sowerby Foundation. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 5, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

RCGP: Primary care faces £400m cuts
General practice cuts have led to a £400 million funding “black hole” according to the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - October 9, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: lspringer Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Finance Latest News Source Type: news

Gerada: NHS reorganisation was 'confusing'
The 'confusing', 'incoherent' Health and Social Care Act has only worsened the divide between primary and acute doctors, according to Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) chair Dr Clare Gerada Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - October 4, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: lspringer Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Complaints Patient Access Patients Latest News Source Type: news

GPs 'facing financial black hole'
GP services are facing a £400m financial “black hole” that could have catastrophic consequences, the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - October 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

NHS England puts patient data to better use
The service will use information from a patients’ medical record to improve the way that healthcare is delivered for all. Materials and guidance have been developed in collaboration with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners to support practices to raise awareness. Patients who are not happy for their data to be used in this way can ask their GP practice to make a note of this in their medical record and this will prevent their information leaving the practice. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 23, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

NHS Health Checks are a "waste of time"
The government’s Health Check scheme is a “waste of time” according to Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) chair Clare Gerada Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - August 21, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: lspringer Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Patient Access Patients Latest News Source Type: news

Longer waiting times for GP appointments predicted as concerned GPs raise fears about the impact of cuts for patient care, UK
Over 70% of GPs are forecasting longer waiting times for GP appointments within the next two years - as nearly half (47%) reveal that they have cut back on the range of services they provide for their patients. In the latest survey by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) highlighting the growing crisis in general practice, more than 80% of respondents said that they now have insufficient resources to provide high quality patient care... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

RCGP: General practice is at “breaking point”
Nearly half (47%) of GPs have had to cut back on the range of services provided for patients because of funding issues, a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) survey shows Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - August 19, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: lspringer Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Finance Patient Access Patients Latest News Source Type: news

Calls for greater coordination of flu vaccination programme
The Royal College of General Practitioners Wales and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales have called upon the Welsh Government and NHS Wales to plan for greater coordination between health professionals to help increase the uptake of flu vaccination and protect a larger population this year (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - July 22, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Shortfall of 16,000 GPs predicted for 2021
A funding gap between 2013 and 2021 could lead to a shortfall of 16,000 family doctors in England, the Royal College of General Practitioners has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - July 15, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

UK doctors fear job losses as government reshuffles healthcare spending
Patients in the UK could lose as many as 2,400 doctors under the government's Comprehensive Spending Review, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - July 3, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

GP revalidation toolkit released
Updated resources for GPs preparing for revalidation have been launched by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - July 2, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: lspringer Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured *** iQ HR Featured Articles Latest News Source Type: news

Government promise £3 billion to integrate care
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned that the ‘crisis’ in general practice will intensify if the pooling of health and social care resources, announced by Chancellor George Osbourne today, leads to money being diverted away from GP services. Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - June 26, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: abrewerton Tags: *** AskTheExpert: Commissioning *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Featured Articles Latest News Source Type: news

GPs 'unable to deliver safe care'
Family doctors are “unable” to deliver safe care due to time and resource limits, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - May 31, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Friday 31 May
GPs can no longer deliver safe care because they are too overstretched, according to Dr Clare Gerada, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr Clare Gerada claimed that family doctors were seeing up to 70 patients in one day and were unable to look after patients "in the way that they want". (Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert)
Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert - May 31, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news