44th Annual General Practice and Primary Care Update: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Through Prevention, Evidence Based Practice and Technology

Join this three-day event designed to equip primary care professionals with up-to-date clinical knowledge, practical skills, and strategic insights through interactive, evidence-based sessions.

Led by expert speakers including Professor Tim Spector and Dr Rupal Shah, the programme covers key topics including:

• Population health and prevention: Exploring health inequalities, data-driven health interventions and world leading innovative, personalised measures, that empower individuals  
• Mental health in primary care: Adult ADHD, youth self-harm, women’s mental health, and psychiatric medication management. 
• Dermatology and minor surgery: Examining the worlds first -Autonoumous Skin Analytics, to surgical skills for GPs developing a special interest. 
• Technology and AI developments in primary care: Evaluating AI tools, remote monitoring, and digital dermatology. 
• Cardiovascular innovations and women’s health: Addressing lipid management, and emerging female health priorities. 
• Patient perspectives: Reporting of the patient views in primary care in 2025? 
• Musculoskeletal and paediatric issues: Practical strategies for managing common joint and limb conditions. 

By attending this event, you will:

• Understand emerging trends and personalised approaches in preventive care and patient empowerment
• Improve primary care management of mental health across all age groups and genders
• Discover how cutting-edge digital tools and AI can enhance diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment in general practice
• Gain practical, evidence-based knowledge in minor surgery, dermatology, and musculoskeletal care
• Address contemporary challenges in women's health and cardiovascular disease through multidisciplinary approaches

The 2025 RSM and CAIPE John Horder Team Award and John Horder Student Award will also be presented and awarded at this meeting. Please see below for further details on applications. 

Applications must be sent to: admin@caipe.org

Team Award prize: Certificate of achievement and £600
Student Award prize: Certificate of achievement and £600
Closing Date: Thursday, 31 July 2025 at 5:00 pm

Find out more information here. 

Award 1: John Horder Practitioner Team Award:

This award is open for qualified practitioners working in health and social care teams and or practitioner educator teams working in Higher Education Institutions. We particularly welcome teams from primary health care or community care.

Submissions will be assessed by representatives from both the RSM and CAIPE organisations. Candidates may apply from outside the UK, but the documentation should be completed in English. The award will consist of a Certificate of Achievement and a prize of £600. The assessment panel will only present an award in any year when the quality is deemed to reach the expected standard.

The submitting team is asked to produce one document in font size 12 concerning supporting literature consisting of:

• A factual and descriptive report, no more than 2,000 words, on all or part of their interprofessional working is being presented for consideration.
• Evidence demonstrating how the work presented fulfils the principles of interprofessional working across disciplines and professions. (For further details, see the criteria below.)
• The preparation and presentation of each submission should anticipate further collaborative working with definite outcomes designed to improve patient care.
• The entry must be submitted in Word or PDF format with all names and institutions clearly outlined on the front page.

The award will be presented at the RSM Primary Care Update event on Thursday, 25^th September 2025. You will be advised by Friday, 29^th August, if you are successful. Winning entrants are expected to present their work at the RSM in London, during the conference section, and will be sent guidance on the presentation and numbers welcome to stay for the evening dinner.

Award 2:  John Horder Student Team Award:

This award is open to pre-registration (undergraduate) or post-qualified student teams in health and social care professional training. The award welcomes interprofessional work in primary care.

This annual essay award will be offered to a student team who have been involved with interprofessional learning or working. The team should present their experience and learning achieved in the form of a reflective essay.

The annual award will be offered to a student team from all health and social care professions who have participated in interprofessional learning in practice. The purpose of the award is to highlight the importance of interprofessional working and learning.

The submission will be assessed by representatives from both CAIPE and the RSM. Candidates may apply from outside the UK, but the documentation should be completed in English. The award consists of a Certificate of Achievement and a prize of £600.

The submitting students are asked to produce an essay in font size 12 entitled: 'Describe and discuss an example of interprofessional working or learning with which they have been involved.

There is a limit of 2,000 words excluding references and headings. Entries must be submitted in Word or PDF format with all names and institutions clearly outlined on the front page.

You will be advised by Friday, 29^th August, if you are successful.

The award will be presented at the RSM Primary Care Update event on Thursday, 25^th September 2025.

Winning entrants are expected to present their work at the RSM in London, during the conference section, and will be sent guidance on the presentation and numbers welcome to stay for the evening dinner.

The General Practice with Primary Healthcare Section will also present and award the Student Poster Prize and the Trainee Poster Prize.  

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