Name Mike Pringle | Role Medical doctor | |
Mike Pringle CBE FRCGP is a British doctor who is a former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) 2012−2015. He is now retired from clinical practice, having worked as a general practitioner for 30 years.
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Career
His first job in general practice was at the Sonning Common Practice in rural Oxfordshire.
He was Emeritus Professor of General Practice at University of Nottingham. He is Strategic Director of PRIMIS, a business unit of the University of Nottingham, that provides a range of primary care health informatics services to the health sector and research community. He is a healthcare informatics expert and was an adviser for the NHS IT programme.
He was Chair of RCGP Council from 1998-2001, Chair of the RCGP Trustee Board 2009−2012 and RCGP revalidation clinical lead 2008−2012.
He was elected as the RCGP’s 23rd President in June 2012, taking up the position in November 2012 for a three-year term.
He was on the Board of Trustees at Arthritis Research UK.
Awards and honours
In 2001 he was appointed a CBE for services to medicine.