Guest Editorial - GP training must consider the past and present
I've just come down from the ceiling after the news that our educational case for extending and enhancing GP training has been accepted by the Medical Programme Board.
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RCGP calls for GP training to be increased to four years
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Liberal Democrats deliver blow to Health Bill at spring conference
12 March 2012The RCGP chairwoman has welcomed the Liberal Democrats' blow to the Health Bill at their party conference.
GP Daily 2011
GP produces a daily newspaper at the annual RCGP conference. Read all three issues from the 2011 event in LIverpool.
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