RCGP reveals candidates for six council posts
14 May 2012 | by Marina Soteriou
Ballot papers will be sent out this week in elections for six RCGP council posts, after a list of candidates was announced.
RCGP members and fellows this week attended a ceremony at the Euston Square building that will become the college's new headquarters from September.
Ballot papers will be sent out this week in elections for six RCGP council posts, after a list of candidates was announced.
Ballot papers will be sent out next week after the RCGP revealed the names of six candidates in the running to become its next president. Below are short biographies and statements from each of the candidates.
The six candidates for the next president of the RCGP have been confirmed.
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.
Although I admire RCGP chairwoman Dr Clare Gerada, I suspect her success in pushing for a four-year vocational training course for general practice may become a case of winning the battle but losing the war.
Detecting cancers earlier remains one of the toughest goals for general practice.
The college has started the long process we hope will result in extending GP training to four years.
The RCGP has written to the Medical Programme Board of Medical Education England demanding GP training is increased to four years.
The chairs of the RCGP's UK council and its councils in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have called on ministers from all four countries for a UK-wide vision for the NHS and patient care.
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