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Nav Kapur, Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at the University has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners at a Ceremony in London today  (20/06/25)  in recognition of his outstanding contributions to general practice. 

The fellowship is the College鈥檚 highest award for non-GPs and previous fellows include Sir Chris Whitty, Sir Michael Marmot, three former presidents of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the TV chef Jamie Oliver. 

 Nav who is also Director of the UK鈥檚 National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust said: 

鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to be awarded the Fellowship.  At medical school I only really considered two career paths 鈥� psychiatry and general practice 鈥� and it could have gone either way!  So to be recognised by the Royal College of General Practitioners feels really special.  I鈥檓 very grateful to them and the people who nominated me.  

鈥淚 would like to thank all my colleagues, patients, carers and others who have helped with our research.  I also want to thank my family, especially my big brother Sanj, a fantastic GP who retired recently and without whom I would never have become a doctor.鈥� 

The fellowship means that Nav now has the letters FRCGP (Hon)鈥� after his name. 

The citation for the Fellowship from the Royal College of General Practitioners highlighted Nav鈥檚 world leading suicide prevention research as well as his work for NICE, the UK Department of Health, and health services.  

The citation went on to say: 鈥淎ll of his research has had a clinical real-world focus and much of it is relevant to primary care. His work has identified suicide prevention as a core safety responsibility of health and social care services.  He has been a long-standing friend of general practice and his work has most certainly led to enhanced GP care for people presenting with mental health concerns鈥�