RCGP Somewhere in Between

This week, Anthony chats to Christiana Melam (@Christie_Melam) and Mohan Sekeram (@SekeramMohan) about the importance of person-centred care and social prescribing in 21st century general practice.

To find out more about the National Association of Link Workers, head to nalw.org.uk, and to check out the RCGP's person-centred care resources, visit rcgp.org.uk/person-centred-care.

The team continue their virtual tour of the UK as Meera and Johannes chat to Sarah and Nicole, the AiT reps from Wales. They discuss their different settings and communities and how COVID-19 has impacted their training and practice.

To get involved with RCGP Cymru Wales, head to https://www.rcgp.org.uk/rcgp-near-you/rcgp-nations/rcgp-wales.

This week, Meera virtually sits down with Katherina, the AiT rep for South East Scotland. They chat about her experience north of the border and her rather unique route to general practice.

To find out more about getting involved in RCGP Scotland, head to https://www.rcgp.org.uk/rcgp-near-you/rcgp-nations/rcgp-scotland.

Anthony, Johannes, Hatim and Meera discuss some of the things they wish they had known when they started GP training.

This is part of the RCGP’s CelebrAiT initiative; you can access more content at rcgp.org.uk/ait.

As part of CelebrAiT, the team bravely hosted a live version of the podcast, complete with trouble unmuting at the beginning. Once they got going, they discussed their experience of training so far and offered some key tips for those starting training.

As part of 'CelebrAiT', which is running throughout August, the team share why they chose GP and how they've found their training experience so far.

Featuring 'These are the Hands' by Michael Rosen.

Meera talks to Sean Vanstone, a GP trainee with the Royal Navy, about a rather different route into general practice.

Featuring 'I Can See Clearly Now' by the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir.

The team catch up after a few weeks out of the podcast game, and Anthony speaks to RCGP leads from the Medical Students & FYs, First5s and Later Career & Retired Members groups about why community is important in the College. Featuring 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' by NHS Chorus-19.

Following on from last week's episode on digital health, Hatim speaks to Dr Minal Bakhai, the Clinical Lead for Digital First Primary Care at NHS England. Anthony also offers his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement following the tragic death of George Floyd.

You can find out more about Dr Minal's work at england.nhs.uk/gp/digital-first-primary-care.

The first of a pair of episodes on digital heath and the growing role of technology in general practice. Hatim talks to Dr Hussain Gandhi (aka Dr Gandalf) of eGPlearning and Johannes catches up with Dr Lydia van Hamel-Parsons, formerly of accuRx.