The work of SAPC members has been recognised in multiple awards made by the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr Jo Protheroe, SAPC Treasurer & SIG lead and Senior Academic GP at Keele, has been awarded the 2018 RCGP John Fry award for her leadership and work in the field of Health Literacy. Professor Chris Dowrick, Professor of Primary Medical Care at Liverpool and Chair of the Working Party for Mental Health at WONCA, will receive the RCGP George Abercrombie award for special meritorious literary work in General Practice. Professor Kate O'Donnell, SAPC Chair and Professor of Primary Care at Glasgow, has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College - RCGP's most important award, offered in recognition of outstanding contribution to the work and the goals of the discipline and the College.

Applications for the 2017 NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) are now open. The NIA is recruiting exceptional individuals with evidence-based ready-to-scale innovations to join its new cohort. Full details, including how to apply, are here or read on...

Senior members of SAPC have responded to plans announced by Health Education England to cut the educational support budget for GP training by 30% from next year. In a letter published in the BMJ on 18th May (in print on 27th May), the Chair,...

This seminar focuses around the discipline of primary care research. It will provide intellectual stimulation, discussion, and a glimpse into how general practice can become stronger through primary care research. FREE for AiTs. Open to all AiTs and...

Congratulations to Dr Nathan Davies, University College London, who is this year's winner of the Yvonne Carter award for outstanding new researcher awarded by RCGP and SAPC. Here are a couple of links to the announcement: RCGP Clinical Update RCGP...

Congratulations to Professors Christine Bond and Sandra Eldridge who lead the SAPC PHoCuS group: Christine Bond has been made a fellow of RCGP. Sandra Eldridge has been awarded an NIHR Senior Investigator award.

The 2nd annual symposium on symptoms in Primary Care will be held on September 22-23 2017 in The Netherlands. Invitations for abstract submission is open with the deadline extended to June 1st. Full details are available on the symposium webpage .

This year's SAPC Annual Scientific Meeting programme includes a day aimed at meeting the CPD needs of practising clinicians. Find our more here and on the conference webpage

Details of the Utrecht summer school on training and quality management in family medicine

Thank you to all our regional meeting hosts for organising these great meetings so far this year Imperial College for hosting the SAPC SE regional meeting at Madingley Hall in January highlights University of Oxford for hosting the SW SAPC regional...