In March we announced the cancellation of our Annual Scientific Meeting in Leeds in July – a decision which had to be made early to prevent financial losses. A big thanks must go to Richard Neal and Suzanne Richards and their team who had spent many...

Many thanks to Emily Cottrell, Hugh Alberti and Trevor Thompson who have now prepared a report on our 2018 national survey of all UK Heads of GP teaching. We are very grateful to them for all their efforts. This was a cross-sectional questionnaire...

Many congratulations to Professor Martin Marshall (Professor of Healthcare Improvement, University College London) who will be the next Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, taking over from Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard in November...

Congratulations to all the prize winners at the 48th SAPC annual scientific meeting held at the University of Exeter from 3rd to 5th July 2019. Christian Mallen, Keele, was announced as the winner of SAPC's inaugural principal investigator's award...

Congratulations to Professor Amanda Howe, University of East Anglia, who will be the next President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, taking over from Professor Mayur Lakhani in November 2019. Amanda is the immediate past-President of...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Paul Little, from the University of Southampton, is this year's recipient of the RCGP's Discovery Award. This is one of the College's most prestigious awards, given in recognition of outstanding research...

Congratulations to Professor Deborah Swinglehust of Queen Mary University of London, who is this year's recipient of the RCGP John Fry Award. This award recognises a Member or Fellow of the College who has promoted the discipline of general practice...

SAPC and RCGP are delighted to announce that Dr Emma Wallace is the winner of this year's Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher. Emma will be giving a presentation around her key research interest entitled "Characterising older...

Many congratulations to the SAPC members awarded, or re-awarded, NIHR Senior Investigator Awards: Jonathan Mant (Cambridge); Kamlesh Khunti (Leicester); Alastair Hay (Bristol); and Richard McManus (Oxford). This is a fantastic achievement and we are...

The Annual General Meeting will take place at 12.30 (until 13.30) on Thursday 4th July Papers will be available on-line shortly before the AGM and will be distributed in hard copy at the meeting. Venue: The Auditorium, The Forum Directions and maps