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

News
17/12/24
Hospital Corridor (1)

RCP publishes new interim guidance for physician associates working in the medical specialties

The RCP has published new interim guidance on the scope, supervision and employment of physician associates (PAs) working in the medical specialties (also known as the physician specialties).
News
16/12/24
Tackling Health Inequalities

RCP publishes new guidance to make tackling health inequalities a strategic NHS priority

The RCP has released a new guidance document aimed at empowering NHS leaders to make reducing health inequalities a central part of their strategy.
News
12/12/24
RCP Shield

Royal College of Physicians responds to CMO Annual Report 2024

The RCP has responded to the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO's) Annual Report, Health in Cities.
Blog
12/12/24
Social Care 0

From hospital to community: The role of physicians in transforming NHS care

Following the RCP’s submission to the government’s 10-Year Health Plan, RCP officers set out their thoughts on the three ‘shifts’ proposed in the plan: sickness to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital. In this piece, Dr John Dean, RCP clinical vice president, focuses on the hospital to community shift.
News
10/12/24
Patient And Visitor

Royal College of Physicians responds to the Welsh Women’s Health Plan

‘Deeds not words – we need a plan that holds the Welsh government to account,’ says RCP vice president for Wales.
News
10/12/24
Hospital

RCP responds to news that revised NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan will be published in 2025

The RCP has responded to the news that a revised NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) will be published in summer 2025.
Blog
05/12/24
RCP Shield

Preventing illness, promoting health: Delivering on the government’s 10-year vision

With the deadline for organisations to respond the government’s 10-year health plan now passed, RCP officers set out their thoughts on the three ‘shifts’ proposed in the plan: sickness to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital. In this first piece, Dr Mumtaz Patel, acting as president of the RCP, reflects on the government’s consultation on its 10-year health plan and focuses on the sickness to prevention shift.
News
28/11/24
Hospital

RCP responds to GMC 2024 workforce report and calls for a review of postgraduate medical training

The RCP has responded to the GMC’s 2024 workforce report by calling on the UK government to commission a review of postgraduate medical training that looks at how doctors will want to learn and work in the future, and how patient demand is likely to change in the coming years.
News
20/11/24
Msc In Medical Education 0 0 0

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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