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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Sir David Haslam -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Section I -- 1. Early Years -- 2. The Chess Story 1948-1970 -- 3. Medical Student 1954-1960 -- 4. Junior Doctor 1960-1962 -- Section II -- 5. The Practice 1962-1975 -- 6. Learning the Craft -- General Practice Stories -- 7. RCGP: South West England and Tamar Faculty Boards -- 8. Local Medical Committee and BMA -- Section III -- 9. The Journal 1968-1980 -- 10. The Exeter RCGP Publishing Story 1972-1997 -- 11. The College Cabinet 1970-1980 |
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12. The Lane Committee 1971-1974 -- Section IV -- 13. Department/Institute of General Practice in the University of Exeter -- 14. Regional Adviser in General Practice/Director of GP Education -- 15. The South West General Practice Trust 1985-2019 -- Section V -- 16. The Practice 1976-1986 -- 17. The Medical Annual 1979-1987 -- 18. Publications Committee 1980-1981 -- 19. Chair of the Communications Division 1981-1984 -- 20. Educational Experiences in the Executive Committee: December 1980 to November 2000 |
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21. Consultant Adviser to the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health and Social Security 1984-1987 -- 22. The Downs and Ups of Institutional Life: 1982-1987 -- Section VI -- 23. Chair of Council: February 1987 to November 1990 -- 24. Fellowship of the College by Assessment (FBA) -- 25. Conference of Academic Organisations of General Practice -- 26. Prison Medicine -- 27. Directorship of the Postgraduate Medical School of the University of Exeter 1987-1997 -- Section VII -- 28. Chair of Research 1993-1996 -- 29. Chairmanship of the JCPTGP 1994-1997 -- 30. Dentistry |
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31. The General Medical and Dental Councils -- 32. The Fetzer Institute, USA -- 33. Non-Executive Directorships in the NHS -- 34. The Practice 1987-2000 -- Section VIII -- 35. President of the RCGP 1997-2000 -- 36. Vice-Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 1998-2000 -- 37. Three National Meetings 2000 -- 38. Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 2000-2002 -- 39. Distinction/Clinical Excellence Awards for Senior Academic General Practitioners -- Section IX -- 40. Patient Participation -- 41. The Patient Information Advisory Group/Ethics and Confidentiality Committee 2001-2011 |
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42. RCGP Heritage Committee 2006-2012 -- 43. What About The Children? (WATCh?) -- 44. The Nuffield Trust, 1993-2006 -- 45. Negotiations between the Department of Health and the BMA -- Section X -- 46. An Unfinished Campaign 2013-2023 -- 47. Last Hurrah -- 48. General Practice as a Learning Environment -- 49. The St Leonard's Research Practice: 2002 to 2023 -- 50. Reflections -- Appendices -- 1. Personal Awards -- 2. Eponymous or Equivalent Lectures -- 3. Publications (in Addition to the Journal) from the RCGP Exeter Publications Office -- 4. Medical Annuals |
| Abstract |
With General Practice currently facing existential challenges, it is truly inspirational to be reminded what determined individuals, with a clear set of intensely human values, can achieve This is the story of an extraordinary career during a profoundly important phase in the history of British medicine - someone who was justifiably proud to be just a GP.' Sir David Haslam CBE FRCGP Past President and Chairman of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners Past President, British Medical Association Past Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) This autobiography from Sir Denis Pereira Gray offers a unique insight into the life and career of a hugely distinguished and influential general practitioner, from what led him to study medicine, learning his craft in the 1960s, through years of clinical practice and research to senior leadership roles within and outside the Royal College of General Practitioners. Through detailed diaries enlivened by wonderful anecdotes, both personal and professional, Sir Denis shares candidly with the reader a lifetime of experience gained and lessons learned, highly applicable today when general practice is facing many challenges and detractors. Both informative and inspirational, Just a GP is an essential read for many who have journeyed through the profession with Sir Denis and those who are in the midst of or contemplating a career in general practice today. |
| Biographical note | Sir Denis Pereira Gray worked as a general practitioner for 38 years in the St Leonard's Medical Practice Exeter, following his father and grandfather. He was President of the Cambridge University Chess Club and has been awarded the gold medal of the Hunterian Society, London, the gold medal of the Royal Institute of Public Health, and honorary doctorates by three British universities. He established the first postgraduate university department of general practice in Europe at the University of Exeter and was later appointed Professor and Director of the Exeter University Postgraduate Medical School, serving for ten years. He was twice elected by the registered medical practitioners in England to the General Medical Council. He has written/edited nine books and has had over 200 articles published in scientific medical journals. Sir Denis has been a member of several Government Committees including the Review of the Abortion Act. He was elected Chairman of Council and later President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Chairman of the JCPTGP, a medical regulatory body, and was Chairman of the Trustees of the Nuffield Trust, a national health policy charity. He was knighted for services to quality assurance in general practice. Sir Denis was Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges of Britain and Ireland, the first GP ever elected. He is one of 35 British doctors who have been elected to the , of the National Academy of Medicine, Washington, USA. He is currently doing research at the St Leonard's Research Practice, Exeter, is an Assessor for the Queen's Award for Higher and Further Education and Patron of the National Association for Patient Participation. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 1032522720 9781032522722 1032713593 9781032713595 |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Pereira Gray, Denis Just a GP Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2024 9781032522722 |
| ISBN | 9781003856641 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1003856640 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781032713601 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1032713607 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781003856672 (electronic bk. : EPUB) |
| ISBN | 1003856675 (electronic bk. : EPUB) |
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| Stock number | 9781032713601 Taylor & Francis |
