Just a GP

Diaries from a Career in General Practice

Denis Pereira Gray

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CRC Press
22 July 2024

Public health & preventive medicine; History of medicine; Medical study & revision guides & reference material

‘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.

By: Denis Pereira Gray
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032713595
ISBN 10: 1032713593
Pages: 454
Publication Date: 22 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Section 1 1. Early years 2. Chess 3. Medical Student 4. Junior doctor Section 2 5. Practice 1962 -1975 6. Learning the craft 7. South West England Faculty 8. BMA/LMC Section 3 9. Journal 10. Exeter RCGP Publishing 11. College cabinet 12. Lane Committee Section 4 13. Department/Institute of General Practice 14. Regional Adviser 15. South West General Practice Trust Section 5 16. Practice 1976-1986 17. The Medical Annual 18. Publications Committee 19. Communications Division 20. Experiences in the Executive 21. Consultant Adviser 22. Downs and Ups of Institutional Life Section 6 23. Chairman of Council 24. Fellowship by Assessment 25. Conference of Academic Organizations 26. Prison Medicine 27. Postgraduate Medical School Section 7 28. Research Division 29. JCPTGP 30. Dentistry 31. GMC and GDC 32. Fetzer Institute 33. Non-executor directorships 34. Practice 1987-2000 Section 8 35. PRCGP 36. Vice-Chairman Academy 37. Three national meetings 38. Chairman Academy 39. Distinction awards Section 9 40. Patient Participation 41. PIAG/EEC 42. Heritage Committee 43. What About the Children? 44. Nuffield Trust 45. DH and BMA Section 10 46. Unfinished campaign 47. Last Hurrah 48. The Practice as a Learning Environment 49. St Leonard’s Research Practice 50. Reflections Appendices 1. Awards received 2. Eponymous or equivalent lectures 3. Publications by DPG’s personal trainees 4. Medical Annuals 5. RCGP Exeter publications 6. Books/booklets written in the Exeter Department/Institute of General Practice 7. Awards to staff in the St Leonard’s Practice 8. Syllabus for General Practice 9. Chairmanships in RCGP 10. Visitors to the Practice 11. People met 12. Glossary References Index

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.