Get your tickets now for RCGP West Scotland Annual Fulton Lecture! With Dr Saket Priyadarshi talking about "Alcohol and drugs - a generalist or specialist challenge?" 🗓️ Wednesday 23rd October 🕖 7-9pm 📍 1599 at the Royal College, Glasgow 🎟️ shorturl.at/gjZZi

A special thank you to those who shared their powerful lived experiences in our final plenary of the day, including Leyla Hussein, Heidi Phillips, and our West of Scotland Faculty Chair Michael Blackmore. 👏

There’s been a hive of Scottish activity at #RCGPAC24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Still time today to visit the Scottish Government stand to play Tunnocks Jenga, check out poster presentations, and visit the RCGP stand to learn how to get involved in Scottish Faculties and advocacy.

Delighted to present our poster at #RCGPAC24 "Improving visa conditions to manage International Medical Graduate retention in the UK" Royal College of General Practitioners please keep lobbying government, we shouldn't be losing new GPs who want to live and work here! Wes Streeting Department of Health and Social Care

A fantastic #RCGPAC24 We have enjoyed attending a variety of different sessions, presenting our IMG poster and networking with peers. Undoubtedly the highlight was supporting our faculty chair as he bravely share his lived experience with addictions. #allyship #teamGP

WOS Faculty are delighted to host an afternoon of creativity with Mavi Hamali. Learn about Turkish Ebru and take home your own marbled art! 🗓️ Saturday 9th November 🕑 14:00 - 16:30 📍 Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Families welcome 🎟️ shorturl.at/LHJkY

Just 1 week until the Fulton Lecture with Dr Saket Priyadarshi - "alcohol and drugs, a generalist or specialist challenge" Still some tickets left to join us for a fantastic talk and dinner at 1599 at the Royal College. Hope to see you there! shorturl.at/gjZZi

WOS IHIG invite you to "A Decade of Community Links Workers in Scotland: lessons learned and future directions." 🗓️ Thursday 21st November 🕖 7-9pm 📍 Pearce Institute, Govan 🎟️ shorturl.at/JaBIP 📧 [email protected] (Rescheduled from October)

This weeks blog from Chris Provan focussed on his time at RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference. It was a great few days, thanks for attending our “ask the First5s” session! r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/49LX-ZEN

A huge thank you to Dr Saket Priyadarshi for his fantastic Fulton Lecture yesterday! It was a great turnout for this thought-provoking talk and discussion. Congratulations once again to our new fellows and this years winners of the James Scobbie and James Murray awards.

RCGP Scotland Royal College of General Practitioners WoS First 5 And now, A very Exciting November awaits!!

Great to see this positive work on workforce retention and beyond delighted to have our research on IMG visa issues cited! Hamali, Stark et al 💙

What a fabulous way to spend a Saturday afternoon - family friendly Ebru under the expert guidance of Sukriye Mavi Hamalı Thanks to Gracefield Arts, Dumfries for an excellent afternoon tea following our art session! Keep following for more RCGP West Scotland Faculty events!

Last opportunity to sign up for this wonderful evening, come join us! 👇 Dinner and great chats to be had!! #makeslinks LinksWorkerProgramme The ALLIANCE

Don't forget to tune into the second episode of the Generally Speaking podcast! Chris Provan and Chris Williams (now on Bluesky) discuss the benefits and challenges of remote and rural general practice. open.spotify.com/episode/1orNMs…

Definitely worth to listen! I am Working in a rural setting and it has been an incredible experience—challenging, rewarding, and full of opportunities to make a real difference. Grateful every day for this journey.

❗ NEW: BMA Scotland chair Dr Iain Kennedy has written to Cab Sec Neil Gray MSP seeking urgent clarification on the Scottish position after a review of AAs and PAs was announced in England 🧵1/2