Richard Vautrey is a doctor who is President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, having formerly been Chair of the British Medical Association's (BMA) General Practitioners Committee.
[1] In his eighth year as deputy chair of the General Practitioners Committee he was described by Pulse as 'the smartest hard working GP politician who puts everyone else in the shade' and the fourth most influential GP.
[4] He condemned Basildon and Brentwood CCG's decision to limit GP referrals for vasectomy.
[6] On 20 July 2017 he was elected as the Chair of the British Medical Association's General Practitioners Committee of England and took up the position immediately.
[8] In September 2023, it was announced that he had been elected President of the Royal College of General Practitioners and would take up the role the following month for a two-year period.