Kamila Hawthorne

Professor
Kamila Hawthorne
MBE FRCGP FRCP FLSW
EducationSomerville College, Oxford
Medical career
ProfessionDoctor
FieldGeneral Practitioner
InstitutionsCardiff University School of Medicine
University of Surrey
Swansea University

Kamila Hawthorne MBE is a Welsh medical academic and a general practitioner. She has been a clinical professor of Medical Education, and Associate Dean for Medicine. She was Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) 2022–2025, having previously been Vice Chair (Professional Development) 2015–2018.

Early life and education

Hawthorne was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania before moving to the UK. She qualified in medicine from Somerville College, Oxford in 1984, then completed her GP training in Nottingham in 1988.

Career

Hawthorne's clinical work in Butetown served a deprived area of Cardiff's docks.

She has taught medical students since 1991 and an examiner for the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) since 1997.

Hawthorne was Vice Chair (Professional Development) at the Royal College of General Practitioners 2015–2018.

She was a Professor of Medical Education at Cardiff University School of Medicine, later becoming the Head of the Graduate Entry Medicine Programme at Swansea University.

In February 2025, she was appointed Chair of the trustee board of the National Academy for Social Prescribing. She is a trustee of the King's Fund. and a former trustee of the RCGP. She was co-opted as a trustee to the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

Honours

Hawthorne became a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2001, and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2013. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to general practice.

Hawthorne was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2022.

In 2025, she was made an Honorary Fellow of her alma mater, Somerville College, Oxford.

References

  1. ↑ Hawthorne, Kamila (12 July 2023). "Reflecting on my heritage for South Asian Heritage Month". RCGP. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "About us > who's who > Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE. Position: Trustee". King's Fund. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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  4. ↑ Bower, Emma (3 January 2017). "GPs recognised in New Year Honours list". GP Online. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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  8. ↑ Bostock, Nick (13 February 2025). "RCGP chair to lead National Academy of Social Prescribing". Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Prof Kamila Hawthorne. Co-opted Trustee". Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Retrieved 18 April 2022.[permanent dead link]
  10. ↑ "New Year Honours: MBEs for Olympic and Paralympic stars". BBC News. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  11. ↑ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Kamila Hawthorne". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Three Somervillians Elected to Honorary Fellowships". some.ox.ac.uk. Somerville College. Retrieved 2 November 2025.