General
Practice
General Practice is a success story for women
in medicine. Women are well represented and there are no barriers to becoming
a GP. However, there are still significant issues where MWF is involved in
looking at difficulties faced by women at different stages of their careers.
What
MWF can do for General Practitioners
The MWF is an organisation run by women doctors and
medical students many of whom freely give up their time to try to help other
women in the profession. A significant proportion of our members are GPs.
We hold meetings locally and nationally at which women doctors are able to
network. The national meetings are also educationally worthwhile, with CPD
points available to attendees for appraisal and revalidation in the future
(see meetings tab for further details).
We campaign on issues relevant to women GPs such as those listed above and
over the last ninety years MWF has in a large part been responsible for the
introduction of Less than Full time training (LTFTT)/ Returner & Retainer
schemes etc.
MWF provides general information for GPs and also more specific information
e.g.
regarding maternity rights /leave/ pay ( see Maternity tab on this web-site).
Joining the MWF will give you access to advice and information from women
doctors who know what is going on at the coalface!
