Press office

Our press office helps journalists interested in the RCP's work aimed at improving patient care and reducing illness.

The RCP is patient centred and clinically led, driving improvement in the diagnosis of disease, the care of individual patients and the health of the whole population, both in the UK and around the world.

Its 40,000 members work in hospitals and the community across 30 different medical specialties and range from medical students to retired doctors. The RCP is the oldest medical college in England.

Contact the press office

Contact our press office at media@rcp.ac.uk

For specific media enquiries, please contact:

Hannah Perlin, Senior media manager

Tel: +44 (0)20 3075 1418
Email: hannah.perlin@rcp.ac.uk

Nicholas Wesson, Senior media manager

Tel: +44 (0)20 3075 1466
Email: nicholas.wesson@rcp.ac.uk

Out of hours

The Royal College of Physician offices are open 9am–5pm, Monday–Friday. At other times, and for urgent media enquiries only, please call +44 (0)7896 416409. This number will only normally be answered at weekends and outside of the normal working day.

Press releases

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20/11/24
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Profit over people? RCP partners with BMJ and WHO to discuss how financial and corporate interests affect our health and shape our lives

Tonight, in partnership with the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) will host an event (including panellists Dr Chris Van Tulleken, infectious disease doctor and broadcaster, and Sir Frank Atherton, chief medical officer for Wales) on how health policy is influenced by multi-national corporations and industries.

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14/11/24
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Royal College of Physicians responds to Government’s 2035 emissions target announcement

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) welcomes the UK Government's new commitment to reduce emissions by 81% by 2035.
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30/10/24
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Royal College of Physicians responds to Autumn Budget 2024

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to the Autumn Budget 2024.
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24/10/24
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RCP responds to government announcement to ban disposable vapes

The RCP has responded to new legislation laid out in parliament committing to banning single-use vapes by June 2025.
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24/10/24
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RCP calls for doctors to have more ringfenced time for clinical research

Doctors should be given protected time to conduct clinical research, says the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
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16/10/24
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RCP responds to DHSC strategy to reduce NHS waste

The RCP has responded to the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) new strategy – the Design for Life Roadmap – which aims to cut the number of single-use medical devices in the health services.
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15/10/24
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RCP celebrates SAS Week 2024 by publishing open letter to the NHS

As #SASWeek24 kicks off, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) SAS lead, Dr Naeem Aziz has written an open letter to NHS organisations across the UK, urging them to support and value the specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctor workforce by offering specialty doctors the opportunity to become specialists.
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02/10/24
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RCP responds to ONS data on adult smoking habits in the UK

The RCP has responded to annual data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), on smoking habits among adults in the UK from 2023.
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30/09/24
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Chair of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) board of trustees steps down

Professor David Croisdale-Appleby, chair of the RCP board of trustees, has announced that he is stepping down from the role with immediate effect.

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