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GPs call for rescue plan to ‘save’ general practice in the UK pharmatimes
August 02, 2021
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has called for an emergency rescue package to provide a solution to ‘crisis-torn’ general practice in the UK.
Gov't announces delay to GP data extraction scheme pharmatimes
June 10, 2021
The government has announced a two-month delay to its planned GP data extraction programme, originally planned for early July.
RCGP plea to avoid no-deal Brexit pharmatimes
June 18, 2019
The College officially opposes the UK’s exit from the European Union following a decision by its governing Council in November 2018.
RCGP responds to new NICE Quality Standard in physical activity pharmatimes
June 11, 2019
The National institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released a new guidance encouraging employers to help their staff become active in a fight against obesity.
Rise in GP numbers must be ‘sustained and accelerated’, says RCGP pharmatimes
November 26, 2018
The latest GP workforce figures show a small rise in numbers, which the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) says must be “sustained and accelerated”.
Gov’t suspends controversial NHS data sharing deal pharmatimes
July 09, 2018
The government has taken a u-turn on controversial data-sharing arrangements under which the NHS was able to hand over patient details to the Home Office for immigration tracking purposes.
RCGP urges parents to vaccinate children against measles pharmatimes
July 04, 2018
The Royal College of GPs is urging parents to get their children vaccinated in response to data highlighting a significant rise in cases in England.
RCGP warns that GP access is set to worsen pharmatimes
July 26, 2017
In just five years patients across England could be waiting more than a week for an appointment with a GP or practice nurse on more than 100 million occasions, according to a new projection by the Royal College of GPs.