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RCGP and Marie Curie partnership to spotlight more attention on end of life care
Marie Curie and the Royal College of General Practitioners has announced that they will continue to work together to support GPs and the wider primary care community in ensuring that high quality palliative care is available across the UK as close to people’s homes as possible. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

IT funding of at least £440 million demanded for general practice
General practice must get its fair share of IT funding to have a positive impact on patients, the head of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has demanded Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - March 30, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: kschofield Tags: *** AskTheExpert: IT *** Editor ' s Pick Patient Access Patients Latest News Source Type: news

Doctors urge PM to call off contract imposition
Doctors leaders have written to prime minister David Cameron urging him to call off Government plans to impose a new contract on junior doctors. Leaders from 22 of the UK’s medical royal colleges have endorsed a statement that urges the Government to return to negotiations with the BMA. The statement, published yesterday by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, follows on from the announcement that industrial action by junior doctors is to be stepped up to include a full withdrawal of services between 26 April and 27 April. The announcement was backed by a number of medical leaders, including Royal College of...
Source: BMA News - March 29, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

New revalidation guidance will help reduce administrative workload for GPs and put emphasis on quality
Updated guidelines that aim to reduce the administrative burden of revalidation for GPs have been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 16, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

RCGP cancer toolkit
The Royal College of General Practitioners and Macmillan Cancer Support have launched a toolkit to support primary care professionals to improve support and treatment of people with cancer. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 30, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Thousands of patients risking their health by ‘shunning’ flu jab, say family doctors
Thousands of patients in England could be risking their health by not having the seasonal flu vaccine, according to figures released by the Royal College of General Practitioners. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 16, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

1000s shunning flu jab as Doctors warn warm weather is delaying 'at risk' groups
Six per cent fewer flu jabs have been given by GPs in England compared to this time last year, according to figures released today by the Royal College of General Practitioners. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cancer paper wins Research Paper of the Year
A research paper published in 2014 by researchers from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) and colleagues from the universities of Cambridge and Exeter has won Research Paper of the Year Award 2014 from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 2, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements, Grants and Awards, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Social and Community Medicine Source Type: news

RCGP: One million more long-term conditions in a decade
The next decade will see an "explosion" of a million more people diagnosed with more than one long-term life-threatening condition says the Royal College of General Practitioners Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - October 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: ltrevallion Tags: Care of older people Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news

RCGP: Goverment's "living in cloud cuckoo land" on 7 day care
The government is "living in cloud cuckoo land" in terms of their plans for seven day care, Maureen Baker, chief executive of the Royal College of General Practitioners said today Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - October 1, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: ltrevallion Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news

1m more people living with life threatening conditions within a decade, forecasts RCGP
New analysis by the Royal College of General Practitioners shows cost of general practice in NHS up by 1.2bn a year by 2025 (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 1, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

GPs back pharmacists' call for access to patient records
The Royal College of General Practitioners is backing a campaign by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to give pharmacists full read/write access to patient records held by GPs. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - September 30, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Plans for seven day practices are 'unrealistic', GPs warn
Surgeries will be in left 'dire straits' unless new doctors are recruited, says chairwoman of the Royal College of General Practitioners (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

GP Induction and Refresher Scheme explained
A new programme to get doctors into general practice has been launched with the backing of the Royal College of General Practitioners, NHS England, Health Education England and the British Medical Association Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - April 24, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: ltrevallion Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Featured Articles Latest News Source Type: news

Radical action needed to save Scottish GP system, says RCGP
Scotland could be short of at least 500 doctors by 2020, according to figures compiled by the Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland (RCGP Scotland) Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - April 22, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: ltrevallion Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick *** Featured Practice development Featured Articles Latest News Source Type: news