Courses for the RCGP
Prof Rajesh Varma convenes and delivers national continuing-professional-development courses for the Royal College of General Practitioners — the professional membership body for general practice in the United Kingdom. Two RCGP courses feature in the current programme: the Menopause Update webinar, delivered in July 2026, and an online Migraine Masterclass on Saturday 5 September 2026 — now delivered as a two-hour webinar, 09:30–11:30 (BST), and open for booking.
Last editorial review: 23 August 2026 · Both courses are official RCGP events — programmes, dates and delegate booking are administered by the College at engage.rcgp.org.uk.
National teaching, delivered through the College
To convene a course for the Royal College of General Practitioners is to teach at the centre of the profession: courses are commissioned by the College, quality-assured within its professional-development programme, and opened to general practitioners and primary care clinicians nationally. Prof Varma convenes and delivers two such courses in the current RCGP programme — the Menopause Update, delivered as a national webinar in July 2026, and the forthcoming online Migraine Masterclass webinar this September — each built on the same standard that underpins MD Acumen's own postgraduate teaching: current evidence, precise clinical reasoning, and learning a working clinician can apply in the next consultation.
Both courses below are official RCGP events. The Migraine Masterclass (Saturday 5 September 2026) is open for booking on the College's events platform; the Menopause Update listing remains published there as the College's record of the delivered course. The buttons on this page take you directly to the relevant RCGP page.
Menopause Update: HRT Precision & Holistic Management
A national RCGP webinar on precision HRT prescribing and holistic, whole-person menopause management — convened and delivered by Prof Rajesh Varma.
Menopause consultations have become some of the most demanding in general practice: patients arrive better informed and more divided guidance-wise than ever, and the prescribing decisions — regimen, route, dose, duration — carry long-term consequences. Convened and delivered for the RCGP as a live national webinar on Monday 6 July 2026, this update took delegates beyond one-size HRT towards precision prescribing and holistic management.
| Course | Menopause Update: HRT Precision & Holistic Management — an official RCGP CPD webinar |
| Status | Delivered — Monday 6 July 2026, live national webinar |
| Convenor | Prof Rajesh Varma — convenor and lead presenter |
| Audience | GPs, GP registrars and primary care clinicians managing menopause |
This course has been delivered; the listing remains on the RCGP events platform as the College's official record. Future editions will be announced on this page.
Migraine Masterclass — Online Webinar
A focused two-hour online webinar on the commonest neurological disorder in general practice — booking now open on the RCGP events platform.
Format update — August 2026: this course is now delivered as a two-hour online webinar on Saturday 5 September 2026, 09:30–11:30 (BST), replacing the previously advertised four-hour in-person interactive session. Booking remains open on the RCGP events platform.
Migraine affects millions in the UK, yet much of it remains undiagnosed, under-treated, or managed on repeat prescriptions that no longer serve the patient — at a time when the therapeutic landscape is moving faster than at any point in a generation. Convened and delivered for the RCGP by Prof Rajesh Varma, this two-hour online masterclass webinar on Saturday 5 September 2026, 09:30–11:30 (BST) equips primary care clinicians to diagnose migraine with confidence and treat it to modern standards.
| Course | Migraine Masterclass — a two-hour online official RCGP CPD webinar |
| When | Saturday 5 September 2026 · 09:30–11:30 (BST) — two hours |
| Format | Online webinar (two hours) — joining instructions and fee on the RCGP booking page |
| Audience | GPs, GP registrars and primary care clinicians |
The link opens the RCGP events platform in a new window; sign in with your RCGP account (free to create) to complete booking.
Convened & delivered by Prof Rajesh Varma
Prof Rajesh Varma is a professor of primary care and a practising NHS general practitioner in Hertfordshire. He is a GP Trainer and Convenor for GP Trainers, West Hertfordshire, a former examiner for the GMC PLAB examination, and the founder of the MD Acumen School of Postgraduate Medicine — whose postgraduate teaching spans diabetes–cardiorenal–metabolic medicine, menopause and andropause, and headache medicine.
His RCGP courses carry the same signature as his academic work: precise, guideline-current clinical teaching, delivered for the realities of the ten-minute consultation.
How to book the Migraine Masterclass — three steps, all with the College
Open the booking page
Use the gold button on the Migraine Masterclass above — it opens the course's official page on the RCGP events platform.
Sign in to the RCGP
Log in with your RCGP account, or create one free of charge — booking is open to members and non-members alike.
Reserve your place
Complete the College's booking form; confirmation, joining instructions and delegate administration come directly from the RCGP.
If the booking page does not load first time, refresh once — the College's events platform loads in the browser — or find the course by searching the listings at rcgp.org.uk/events. Booking, fees and delegate queries are administered by the RCGP events team, not by MD Acumen.
Relationship & scope. The two courses on this page are official events of the Royal College of General Practitioners, convened and delivered for the College by Prof Rajesh Varma; the RCGP owns their programmes, booking and delegate administration. MD Acumen Ltd is an independent educational organisation — its own programmes and awards are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or delivered on behalf of the RCGP.
Two national courses. One standard of teaching.
Book the September masterclass with the College above — or explore MD Acumen's own postgraduate programmes below.
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