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Woke GPs push for Royal College to cancel 'gender critical' event held at its HQ because it has 'transphobic' speakers
The Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender will hold the event at the Royal College of General Practitioners' conference centre in London next month. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Research Paper of the Year award for Bristol-led childhood eczema study
University of Bristol-led research comparing the effectiveness and safety of different types of moisturiser for childhood eczema has won the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research Paper of the Year (RPY) Award 2022. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - October 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: ; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School Source Type: news

Strep-A guidance to support GPs
The Royal College of General Practitioners has worked with leading health organisations across the UK to publish new guidance on Strep A, bringing everything together in one place to support busy GP teams. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - December 15, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Royal Colleges issue joint statement on Strep A
The statement from the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Royal College of Emergency Medicine reassures parents that Strep A is a common infection in children and that most cases are mild or asymptomatic. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UK GP body advertises £316k jobs in Canada... despite complaining about crippling staffing shortage
EXCL: The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) - which represents 50,000-plus members - has been criticised for posting job ads luring British doctors to work in Canada. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Workload prioritisation guidance for GPs
The Royal College of General Practitioners has published updated guidance on workload prioritisation for practices during the implementation of the accelerated booster vaccination campaign. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - December 23, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 [NG188], NICE (updated 11th November 2021)
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ' long COVID ' . It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or more after the start of acute COVID-19. It also includes advice on organising services for long COVID. This guideline has been developed jointly by NICE, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). On 11 November, we made new recommendations and updated existing recommendations on identi...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

General practice and the local community tackling climate change together
Frome Medical Practice has been recognised by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) as one of the leading GP practices in the country for addressing sustainability through their comprehensive work towards meeting the criteria of the RCGP ’s Green Impact Toolkit. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 8, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Britain's top GP says returning to face-to-face appointments is 'undeliverable'
Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said UK practices were battling staffing issues and increased demand due to delayed diagnoses during the pandemic. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Non-Covid respiratory illnesses on rise in UK, medical experts say
Increase in cases of bronchitis and common colds attributed to people mixing after easing of lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNon-Covid respiratory illnesses and other conditions that were suppressed over the winter by lockdown are slowly “marching upwards” again, albeit at a level below what doctors expect for this time of year.The increase in conditions such as bronchitis and the common cold was attributed by an expert at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to the onset of people mixing again amid the lifting of lockdown measures.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ben Quinn Tags: Infectious diseases Coronavirus Health Medical research UK news Hospitals England Source Type: news

One Voice
One of the most important things that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted over the past year has been that the physical and emotional wellbeing of health and care staff, must be of equal priority to that of patients. This has not always been the case in the past for a number of reasons, including a narrow focus on performance and, sometimes, putting patients’ needs ahead of our own. Staff who are psychosocially healthy are better able to meet the needs and preferences of patients. So, it is essential to respond to needs of staff now as we emerge from the critical stage of the pandemic and the NHS is in its most frag...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - June 10, 2021 Category: Food Science Authors: Hassan Govia Tags: health Source Type: news

Care of Armed Forces veterans and their families
This webinar, available to watch on YouTube from the Royal College of General Practitioners, is the first in a new series of resources to help GPs to meet the healthcare needs of veterans and their families. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - May 28, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Health creation: how can primary care networks succeed in reducing health inequalities?
This report summarises the discussions. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Daffodil Standards for care homes
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), in partnership with the end of life charity Marie Curie, have enhanced the 'Daffodil Standards' to ‘support GPs and their teams in providing consistently high-quality palliative and end of life care specifically focusing on older patients living in care homes’. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 1, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

COVID-19 Vaccination FAQs, RCGP
The Royal College of General Practitioners has published a series of FAQs - and answers - around Covid-19 vaccination. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news