Message to the Maltese medical community

Abstract

On 20th November 2010 I have the honour of becoming Chair of Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners. I shall be the first female Chair for 51 years and only the second female Chair in the history of the College. Perhaps some would say it is not before time that the College had a female Chair, with women making up around 70% of all UK GPs. I am also proud that I am the first Chair ever to be Maltese, both my parents are from Malta and my father, born in Zejtun, was a doctor, qualifying soon after the 2nd World War. Once settled in England, my father became a General Practitioner, working as a single (and then dual) handed GP in East Anglia.