The Royal College of General Practitioners is the professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and overseas.
Apr 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
(1/4) Last week, @NHSEngland released their latest GP workforce data. The numbers show a service in crisis.
Numbers of full-time equivalent GPs continue to decline. As of February 2023, there were 27,277 fully qualified FTE GPs, 7.1% fewer than in 2015.
(2/4) GPs are looking after more patients than ever. The no. of patients per GP for Feb was 2,284, an increase of 6.6% since 2019
Jan 20, 2022 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Primary care services hold a unique position as the nations front door to our healthcare system.
However, we are concerned that the voice of primary care will be weakened as a result of the #HealthAndCareBill, and this could considerably impact on patient experiences (1/3)
That's why we put forward an amendment to the #HealthAndCareBill alongside @Rpharms & @The_AOP, which aims to ensure a stronger primary care voice in our future healthcare system.
#RCGPCouncil now turns its attention to a policy paper on GP retention. How do we stop GPs quitting the profession? Which groups of GPs are leaving & why? How are existing retention schemes working & how can they be improved?
#RCGPCouncil member: Loss of GPs is a major patient safety issue. Exhausted doctors are likely to make mistakes.
Nov 20, 2021 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
#RCGPCouncil now discussing a paper on the role of general practice in community health improvement. Is this a role for GPs? Where is this done well? What tools, skills & resources do GPs needs to improve the health of communities?
#RCGPCouncil member: the move to population health management is helpful and a vital area of work for the College. But don't underestimate the workload challenge
Nov 20, 2021 • 26 tweets • 8 min read
Policy paper discussions about to commence at #RCGPCouncil. A reminder: comments are from individual Council members and not necessarily reflective of RCGP policy
First up, #RCGPCouncil is asked to consider the implications of widening the primary care workforce to accommodate a non-GP grade of doctor, and whether RCGP should explore the concept further
Nov 20, 2021 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
#RCGPCouncil will commence at 9 o'clock
New College President @ClareGerada makes some opening remarks to kick off #RCGPCouncil and reappoints @MartinRCGP as Chair of Council, who takes his seat to start proceedings
Jun 26, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
#RCGPcouncil now debating a policy paper on the multi-disciplinary team introduced by @michael_mul1. What additional barriers remain to the successful recruitment and integration of the MDT within general practice?
#RCGPcouncil member says GPs want to continue doing everything but GPs should not be managing complex co/morbidity alone. GPs cannot do it all and must look for support from the MDT.
Jun 25, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: Our new report 'The power of relationships' looks at what #RelationshipBasedCare is and why it's important. We define it as care in which processes and outcomes are enhanced by a high quality relationship between doctor and patient rcgp.org.uk/policy/general…
Relationship based care is an evidence-based intervention with important benefits for patients, NHS and GPs....
May 19, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
As MPs will soon debate on the government's plans for health services outlined in the #QueensSpeech last week, we emphasise the need for any future plans to urgently address the workload and workforce crisis in #generalpractice (1/6)
More GPs are required to meet the needs of a growing and ageing population and manage the impact of the pandemic. However, targets to deliver additional workforce have not been met…(2/6)
