A History of the Royal College of General Practitioners

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Past Attempts to Found a ‘College of General Practitioners’ One and a Half Centuries Ago

   • John H. Hunt

   Pages 1-5

3. Events Leading up to the Formation of the Steering Committee

   • John H. Hunt

   Pages 7-16

4. The Work of the Steering Committee, and the Birth of the College

   • Geoffrey O. Barber, John H. Hunt, A. Talbot Rogers

   Pages 17-29

5. The College’s First Year and the Work of the Foundation Council

   • Geoffrey O. Barber, John H. Hunt, A. Talbot Rogers, Richard Scott

   Pages 31-36

6. Presidents and Chairmen of Council of the College During its First Twenty Five Years

   • John H. Hunt

   Pages 37-57

7. Regional Faculties and Regional Councils in the United Kingdom

   • Sylvia G. DeL. Chapman, John H. Hunt, Andrew Smith

   Pages 59-73

8. Undergraduate Education

   • James D. E. Knox, Andrew Smith

   Pages 75-83

9. Postgraduate Education and Vocational Training

   • George Swift, Donald Irvine

   Pages 85-102

10. The Medical Recording Service and the Medical Audiovisual Library

    • John, Valerie Graves

    Pages 103-109

11. Standards

    • William S. Gardner, John F. Burdon, John Fry

    Pages 111-129

12. The College and Research

    • R. J. F. H. Pinsent, G. Ian Watson

    Pages 131-147

13. Practice Organization, Equipment and Premises

    • George S. Adams, Michael Drury

    Pages 149-158

14. College Publications

    • John F. Burdon, Denis J. Pereira Gray

    Pages 159-172

15. The Library, Museum and Archives

    • Michael J. Linnett, Margaret Hammond, Peter Thomas, John Horder, Alastair Murray Scott

    Pages 173-179

16. Headquarters, Staff and Administration

    • John H. Hunt, James Wood

    Pages 181-192

17. College Finance and Appeal

    • Stuart J. Carne, Ancrum Evans

    Pages 193-198

18. Awards and Ethical Committees

    • Annis C. Gillie, John H. Hunt, Basil C. S. Slater

    Pages 199-203

19. Incorporation, Royal Prefix and the Royal Charter

    • John Mayo

    Pages 205-213

20. Insignia and the College Grace

    • Dame Annis C. Gillie

    Pages 215-222

John P. Horder, President, 1980-82 The first 30 years of the College have been an exciting experience for those most closely involved. Some have already passed on, but this account has been written soon enough for many of the actors to be historians. Future members of the College will be grateful to them for what they have written, as well as for what they did as a remarkably determined and harmonious team. Students of twentieth century medicine in this country will also be grateful for a first-hand account of the development of an institution which has been closely associated with, and partly responsible for, important changes in medical care and education. Those who read these pages may wonder how the builders of this young College could have found time to do much general practice. They did. The three editors of this history, which covers 25 years, and the general practitioner members of the Steering Committee all ran large practices, in which they worked very hard throughout that time. Most of their work for the College was done during off-duty hours, weekends and holidays. The College could not have developed as it did, had they not been personally concerned with the practical problems and needs of clinical medicine. This is also true of many of the contributors. It is impossible to mention everyone who deserves credit. The editors hope that they may be forgiven for any serious omissions.

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