UK
Prestigious Awards announced at RCGP Spring Conference
By The Royal College of General Practitioners
Apr 8, 2005, 02:58

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RGCP) will present awards to honour important achievements in general practice, this weekend.

The presentation is part of the RCGP spring conference which will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool.

Professor Richard Grol, Director of the Centre for Quality of Care Research at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, and a leading authority on quality in primary care and general practice will receive an Honorary Fellowship. He has created and sustained a programme of ground breaking research which has influenced the work of general practitioners in most of the developed world.

Also receiving an Honorary Fellowship is Dr Abeer Khaled Al-Baho, Director of Family Practice Speciality Teaching Programme within the Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialisation (KIMS), which is under the direction of the Kuwait Ministry of Health. Dr Al-Baho has worked with the College over the last 3 years, helping to develop the existing Kuwait programme.

A Foundation Council Award will be given for special meritorious work to Dr Bill Reith, a college member since 1978 and principal in general practice at the Westburn Medical Group in Aberdeen. Dr Reith was Honorary Secretary of the RCGP from 1994 to 1999.

Brendan Delaney, professor of primary care at the University of Birmingham and part-time principal in general practice at the Laurie Pyke Health Centre, Birmingham, will receive the John Fry Award for the promotion of general practice through research. His research into Helicobacter has earned him much respect not only within the field of general practice but also amongst medical specialist colleagues.

Awarded for the first time this year, the Disability Care Award will be given to The Margaret Thompson medical centre based in Speke, Liverpool. Amongst other initiatives, they have set up a patient forum and a patient participation group aiming to empower patients, a high proportion of whom are disabled.

A number of international travel scholarships will be given to promote quality international medicine. The winners are: Dr Gordon Thomas, MRCGP: Promoting health through a school partnership in Uganda. Dr Christopher Tiley MRCGP: Primary Care of epilepsy in S. Ethiopia and Dr Sheila Webb MRCGP: Better health services for ethnic minority patients-reaching the Bengali population. The Katharina Von Kuenssberg Award, given for the most outstanding travel scholarship application, will be given to Dr Angus Grant, MRCGP: Exploring the possibilities for a mutually beneficial fellowship link to between UK and Zambian Primary Care in the field of HIV / Aids.

Dr Roger Neighbour, RCGP President, said: �It gives me great pleasure to present these awards to our members and colleagues who have provided an outstanding contribution to improving care in general practice, undertaken valued research or influenced the work of general practitioners in the UK or in another part of the world�.

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