RCGP - Key Persons
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- Dudley ( Joint ) & Vice Chair BMA
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- Policy and Public Relations Officer
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- Executive Director of Membership Development and Education
- Trustee and Company Secretary of a Charity, MS Research
Ben has joined the College from NHS Providers, where he was Director of Development and Operations, looking after membership, finance, IT, HR, member programmes, commercial partnerships and events. NHS Providers is the membership organisation and trade association for the NHS acute, ambulance, community and mental health services that treat patients and service users in the NHS.
Previous to that, Ben was Chief Executive of itSMF UK, a not for profit focused on best practice in the IT Service Management industry. As part of this role, he also sat on the board of the Skills Framework for Information Age (SFIA) acting as their Treasurer and on the board of itSMF International as their Company Secretary.
His background prior to this was in a variety of roles within the commercial sector including business development, operations, programme management and procurement.
With over 12 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector, Ben is also a Trustee and Company Secretary of a charity, MS Research treatment and education. This national charity is dedicated to furthering understanding of MS and in then helping to develop better treatments.
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- Research Consultant ( EKU Literature Searches )
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- Policy and Public Affairs Manager
Chris Askew joined the College as Chief Executive Officer in October 2023, after eight years as CEO at Diabetes UK.
He was previously Chief Executive at Breakthrough Breast Cancer where he led the charity eventually into a merger to form the new charity Breast Cancer Now.
After working as a shipbroker in the international freight markets, he moved into the charitable sector in 1997. He has subsequently held senior fundraising positions at the charities Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Crisis, and Action for Children.
He is a Trustee of the National Academy for Social Prescribing and the charity Action for A-T.
He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours List for services to people with diabetes.
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- Policy and Public Affairs Manager
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- Technical Product Manager
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Southern Area Representative
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- Representative ICGP Council
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Deputy Chair
- Member of the Faculty Board
- Chairman of the AiT ( Associates in Training ) Network
- Education Lead and
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- Southern Area Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Communications Lead
- Honorary Treasurer and Deputy Faculty Council Representative
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- Wellbeing & Mid - Career Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Full Member
Dr Andrew Mackay is a previous winner of the RCGP Bright Ideas Award for his work on supporting the creation of high quality ACPs within care homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has in many ways made these often difficult, but hugely valuable discussions, more difficult to undertake. The following resources aim to support GPs with carrying out high quality Anticipatory Care Planning conversations with care home residents both in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Head of ELearning and Accreditation
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Northern Area Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- AiT Representative
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- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Education Lead
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Deputy Council Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Executive Officers Team
- Provost
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- South Eastern Area Representative
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Scottish Council Rep and UK Council Deputy Rep
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- Chairman
- Member of the Officers Team
- Chairman of Scotland Council
- Chairman of the Royal College of Practitioners
Dr Chris Provan is the Chair of the Royal College of Practitioners in Scotland and a GP partner at the Elmbank Medical Practice in Aberdeen.
He cares for patients from deprived communities with multiple medical issues and is the substance misuse lead within the practice. He has been involved with training medical students, foundation doctors and GP specialty trainees.
His practice's completion of the RCGP Quality Practice Award when he was a trainee inspired him to join his local North East Scotland Faculty Board, and he has been a member of Scottish Council since 2018. He has also served as Aberdeen City HSCP lead.
Chris enjoys working with his patients, some of whom he has known for 30 years, and wants to promote the value GPs bring to their communities.
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- AiT Representative
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Deputy Chair ( Policy )
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Faculty Executive Officers Team
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- Vice Chair
- Vice Chair Membership
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Faculty Chair
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- HEIW Deputy Representative
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- AiT Rep, ST3 & Editor / Comms Lead
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Western Area Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Chairman and Provost and Faculty Fellowship Lead
- ROI Faculty Chair & Provost
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- GP and Medical Director for Professional Development
- Medical Director for Professional Development
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Co - Chair, Society of Academic Primary Care
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- Member of the Executive Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Deputy Council Rep, First5 Lead / Dr Simon Gay - Leicester Medical School Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
- Member of the Officers Team
- Belfast Area Representative
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- GP and ELearning Development Fellow
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- International Medical Graduate Representative
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- Editor of the British Journal of General Practice
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Foundation Doctor Rep F2 & Assistant Comms Lead
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Chairman, Committee of General Practice Education Directors ( COGPED )
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Northern Area Representative
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Western Area Representative
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Chairman
- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Chairman and Faculty Council
- Faculty Chair
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Vice - Chair
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- Member of the Additional Council
- Council Trustee, South West Thames Faculty
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Chairman
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Climate Champion & Sustainability Lead ( Joint ) ( on Maternity Leave )
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Faculty Fellowship Lead, Council Representative & Late Career & Retired Members Lead & FFC
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
- Member of the Officers Team
- Deputy Chair Membership & Professional Development and Northern Area
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- Later Career and Retired Member Representative
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- Member of the Additional Council
- Chairman of Committee on Medical Ethics
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- Southern Area Representative
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- Member of the Officers Team
- First5 Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Provost
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Executive Officers Team
- Treasurer
RCGP Cumbria Faculty have a number of board members who represent GPs from across Cumbria, as well as sub committees for Fellowship, equality, diversity and inclusion, social and wellbeing, and a representative for each career stage of GP. If you wish to come along to one of our board meetings you are welcome to do so. Simply drop us a line and we will send you the invitation link to join the call.
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- Chairman and Deputy Faculty Rep to UK Council
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- HEE Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Representative
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- Member of the Additional
- Undergraduate Medical Education
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Swindon Representative
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
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- Climate Champion & Sustainability Lead ( Joint )
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Immediate past Joint Chair
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- Member of the College Officers Team
- Vice Chair ( Professional Development )
- Vice Chair, Professional Development, Humber and the Ridings Faculty
Margaret Ikpoh is a GP Partner at Holderness Health, a practice for 36,000 patients in East Yorkshire and has worked there for 12 years. She is the practice lead for research and has had previous roles with the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber as a research champion for First5 GPs and AITs.
She is also an Associate Director for Primary Care for Hull York Medical School and is a GP Trainer.
Currently she co-chairs the regional Primary Care Workforce Group with NHS England & Improvement for the North-East and Yorkshire Regional People Board.
At the RCGP, she has been involved in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Task groups and was awarded Fellow of The Year at the 2021 RCGP Inspire Awards ceremony.
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- LCARM Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Vice Chair, UK Council
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- Deputy Chair of the AiT ( Associates in Training ) Network
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Chairman
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the College Officers Team
- Honorary Secretary, Thames Valley Faculty
Michael is a GP partner and GP trainer at Unity Health Buckinghamshire where he has worked for over 20 years. He has had a portfolio career with an educational focus having been programme director and Associate GP dean for Buckinghamshire as part of Oxford Deanery / HEE Thames Valley.
He has particular interests in the developing Quality Improvement Methodology in primary care and the development of the Multidisciplinary workforce.
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Rural Representative
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Academic Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Provost
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Scottish Council Deputy Rep
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- EDI Lead
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Vice Chair, Education Lead, South Glos. Representative
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Western Area Representative and GPC Representative
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Board
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Belfast Area Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Deputy First5 Representative
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- Member of the Officers Team
- South Eastern Area Representative
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- President
- President, Yorkshire Faculty
Dr Vautrey has been a GP partner in a training practice in Leeds for nearly 30 years and has worked as a GP in urban and rural settings in Nigeria. His previous leadership roles include BMA GP committee chair in England and GPC UK, and he has been a member of the GPC negotiating and executive team from 2004.
A graduate of Manchester University, he completed his GP training in Rochdale and Manchester, obtaining MRCGP in 1994. He has been a member of the College ever since. He has many years of experience as a member of RCGP Council, being a GPC observer between 2005-10, a nationally elected member from 2010-17 and again since 2022. He attends Yorkshire Faculty meetings.
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- Chairman
- Chairman of Welsh Council
Dr Rowena Christmas is a GP Principal at Wye Valley Practice in Monmouthshire where she has worked for 22 years. Rowena is a passionate advocate of the importance of Primary Care to the NHS and the value of continuity of care for both patients & doctors. She serves on the RCGP Committee of Medical Ethics and has been RCGP Lead for Safeguarding in Wales. Outside the College, Rowena is Vice Chair of the Welsh Medical Committee, leading on Safeguarding & Advance Care Planning and a Bevan Exemplar for the establishment of Safeguarding Supervision Groups across Wales. She has been an active advocate for general practice in the media.
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- Co - Chair, Society of Academic Primary Care
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- Equality Diversity and Inclusion Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Full Member
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- Deputy Chair, British International Doctors' Association
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Provost and LCARM
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- Chairman
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Deputy Council Rep, First5 Lead / Dr Simon Gay - Leicester Medical School Representative
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- University Representative & Bristol Representative
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
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- Member of the Additional Council
- Council Trustee, North and West London Faculty
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Joint International Lead
- Professor
- Provost
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Chairman, Deputy Council Representative, Severn Deanery Representative and FFC
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the College Officers Team
- Honorary Treasurer, South London Faculty
Dr Steve Mowle is a practising GP in South London and immediate past Chair of RCGP London.
He is the Honorary Treasurer of the RCGP and has held various College roles over the past 12 years, including Vice-Chair of Council under Dr Clare Gerada's leadership from 2010-2013. He led on the formation and development of the RCGP's Junior International Committee. He played a key role in establishing our First5 tier of College membership to support new and recently qualified GPs.
He has extensive medical education experience in the UK and internationally, with particular expertise in Faculty Development and Delivery of Training.
He is on secondment from Health Education South London.
Dr Mowle has been actively involved in the college's international activities for over ten years. He played a leading role in the College's program to develop Primary Care Educators from over 25 different Sub-Saharan African Countries.
He has been an active supporter of WONCA and is the Chair of the Host Organising Committee for the joint RCGP/WONCA Europe Conference in June 2021.
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- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Council Rep / FFC Chair
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Board
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Full Member
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- Member of the Additional Council
- Council Trustee, Humber and the Ridings Faculty
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- Chairman
- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Chairman and Deputy Faculty Rep to UK Council
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- GP and Deputy Medical Director
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- Chairman of the First5 Network
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- Member of the Northern Ireland Council Executive Committee
- Member of the Officers Team
- Chairman of Northern Ireland Council
- RCGPNI Chair
- RCGPNI Chair and Belfast Area Representative
Dr Ursula Mason took up the role of RCGPNI Chair in November 2022. She is a GP partner in Carryduff Surgery. She is a former Chair of South Belfast GP Federation and Associate Director of GP training at NIMDTA.
Ursula is passionate about training the future generation of doctors and acts as a GP trainer and undergraduate GP tutor.
Her Chair's priority during her tenure with RCGPNI will be building a GP workforce that is fit for the future.
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- Member of the Executive Officers Team
- Provost
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- Member of the College Officers Team
- Vice Chair ( External Affairs )
- Vice Chair, External Affairs, North and West London Faculty
Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown is the RCGP`s Vice Chair for External Affairs, with core responsibilities on health policy, systems working and integration. She has been an east London GP for over 20 years, working with a wide range of stakeholders, across health and social care, academia and with communities. She has worked towards identifying innovative solutions for improving health and care services and narrowing health inequalities.
She combines research and extensive clinical commissioning experience. She is currently the Research and Innovation lead of North East London Integrated Care System, which serves a population of approximately 2 million people. She collaborates with NHS, public health, academic and VCSE partners towards increasing participation and diversity in research and innovation.
In her academic role at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, Victoria undertakes health policy and systems research. She has a particular focus on the design and evaluation of healthcare interventions and their impact on professional behaviour and health inequalities. She also supervises GP Academic Clinical Fellows and early career researchers in Global Health.
Victoria has served as the College's Honorary Secretary and RCGP London Faculties Chair, and more recently has co-chaired the RCGP`s Health Inequalities Standing Group.
She is a Founding Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and a non-executive director at Turning Point.
She has an OBE for her services to general practice.
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- Member of the Additional Council
- Member of the Officers Team
- Council Trustee, Northern Ireland Faculty
- Sessional Representative and UK Council Representative
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- Education Lead & AKT Course Tutor
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- Representative - Dr Katie Jobling
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Practice Manager Rep
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- East Birmingham and Solihull: Vice Chair HEE
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- Executive Director of Professional Development and Standards
Fiona was appointed as the Executive Director of Professional Development and Standards in August 2016, bringing over 16 years of experience within medical/dental education.
She first joined the College in 2005 to set up the certification department (after the closure of the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice, where she had been the Head of Certification). In 2007, she became Head of Postgraduate Training and held this post until 2013. She was then appointed Director of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) England, the professional membership body for general dental practitioners, at the Royal College of Surgeons.
Fiona is responsible for College work relating to postgraduate training, assessment and quality.
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Practice Manager
- Representative
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- Nurse Representative ( Joint )
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- Executive Director of Policy and Engagement
Mark joined the College as Head of Policy six years ago and was appointed as Executive Director of Policy and Engagement in December 2017. His portfolio of responsibilities includes Devolved Councils, policy, public affairs and corporate communications.
His background in public policy and campaigning includes roles at Unison, Shelter and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
During his time at the College, he has transformed our influencing work with government, opinion formers and other external stakeholders.
He played a lead role in the Put patients first: Back general practice campaign and the subsequent announcement of the GP Forward View in England.
He is currently overseeing the College's campaigning efforts to deliver equivalent promises of funding in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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- Senior Commercial Manager
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- Policy and Public Affairs Manager
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- Lay Chair, Patient and Carers Partnership Group ( PCPG )
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- Dudley ( Joint ) & Vice Chair
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- Researcher, Author and Broadcaster Who Will Present "Where Did It All Go Wrong for GPs and Is There a Prescription to Fix It?"
Prof Deirdre Heenan, Researcher, Author and Broadcaster who will present "Where did it all go wrong for GPs and is there a prescription to fix it?"
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- Deputy Faculty Rep to UK Council
Kamila has been a GP for 34 years, with 27 of them spent working in South Wales. She qualified from Somerville College, Oxford, in 1984, and completed her GP training in Nottingham in 1988. Kamila was Head of the Graduate Entry Medicine Programme at Swansea University and is on the Trustee Boards of the Kings Fund, and Cardiff Women's Aid. She is also a Bevan Commissioner and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Kamila has a deep interest in medical education, and believes that we should be training excellent, caring and inclusive clinicians, for a global society. She is passionate about the role of GPs in patient care and as advocates for patients.
Her research and clinical working interests have been in health inequalities and access to health services, (her MD was based on working with BAME patient groups with Type 2 diabetes in Nottingham, Manchester and Cardiff). With wide experience of general practice and running community projects in diabetes and heart disease, she has been named ‘GP of the Year' twice and was awarded an MBE in 2017 for services to General Practice.
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- Associate Pro - Vice Chancellor & Prof of Digital Health Who Will Present "Cancer Knows No Borders - Neither Should We."
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- Member of the Faculty Officers Team
- Provost
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- Member of the Faculty Executive Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Member of the Faculty Board
- Practice Nurse Representative
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- Learning Programme Manager
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- Nurse Representative ( Joint )
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- Primary Care Nursing Representative
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- Member of the Faculty Board