Prof Roger Jones OBE Prof Roger Jones was appointed OBE in the 2021 New Year Honours, for services to general practice. Prof Phil Heywood MBE Prof Phil Heywood has received an MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours, for services to ‘maternal healthcare...

The prize is for the PI who provides exceptional support, leadership and encouragement for their team through the highs and lows of research, careers and life. We received fewer nominations than last year - but all gave inspiring descriptions of...

SAPC is delighted to announce the winners of our career prizes in 2020 Medical Student essay prize Essay subject: "A consultation in primary care that changed my practice" This is the first year we have offered this award. We received 37 excellent...

Dr Olivia Jagger and Dr Emily Donovan, both GP ST3 and Academic Clinical Fellows, University of Southampton rose to the challenge of writing this paper on their experience of attending the SAPC ASM 2019 in Exeter (3-5 July 2019). Paper published in...

Here is a message from Dr Sally Flint, University of Exeter, who gave a recital of some of her work at the SAPC ASM 2019 in Exeter, inviting contributions to the Climate Matters 2020 antholgoy. It's nearly a year since the SAPC conference when we...

We are delighted to announce that this year's winner is Dr Sarah Mitchell. View Sarah's presentation The judges were very impressed with her focus on palliative care and end of life care as well as strong leadership in this area. Dr Mitchell is a GP...

There have been a number of important contributions from SAPC members to the evidence-base which will support clinicians in their work. Added 4th June 2020: Study by Edge Hill and Keele Universities Children on coronavirus: ‘Don’t just tell us to...

BJGPLife is the British Journal of General Practice's multimedia communication platform and first choice for comment, opinion, ideas and experience. It is accessible directly from the BJGP website and is an integral and essential part of the BJGP...

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...