Working Party News

October, 2020

A new pledge, which is broader in scope and audience and engages not only doctors but all health professionals in protecting the health of people and planet.

October, 2020

The postponed 17th WONCA World Rural Conference which was due to be held in April this year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is now happening in a virtual capacity this weekend October 16th-18th.

September, 2020

Professor Chris Dowrick, chair of Working Party on Mental Health, reports: I do hope you are all staying as well as possible in these exceptionally difficult times, with the pandemic spreading ever more rapidly around the world, accompanied by economic insecurities, political turmoil and other natural and man-made disasters.

September, 2020

Education for Primary Care : Offers free access to important Covid articles and this month also free access to an article on GP training which highlights the importance of near peer teaching.

September, 2020

The newest version ICPC-3 designed by the ICPC-3 Consortium in collaboration with the WONCA classification committee is in the testing phase. We would like to invite you to test it.

September, 2020

September 7 marks the inaugural United Nations International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, a day to call upon governments, corporations, civil society and individuals to take action to reduce air pollution to protect human health.

August, 2020

World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2020 will be observed across the world on 17 September. WHO will be launching a global campaign for World Patient Safety Day 2020 to emphasize the importance of health worker safety as a priority for patient safety.

August, 2020

Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes on the latest open access items in Education for Primary Care.

July, 2020

Dr John Wynn-Jones, Immediate Past Chair WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice has been writing a regular “rural miscellany” email since March, to provide resources on COVID-19 but also to give us a touch of poetry as a diversion in these difficult times. His body of work is now available on one website for your enjoyment.

June, 2020

Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, writes on some resources in the time of COVID-19 in his latest newsletter to colleagues.