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03/12/24
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RCP welcomes launch of Greener Palliative Care Award

The RCP has welcomed the new Greener Palliative Care Award, launched by the Palliative Care Sustainability Network.
News
03/12/24
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RCP launches new Modern outpatient care guide

Today, we have released a new Modern outpatient care guide which stresses the need to make planned, specialist care pathways more sustainable for the future.
News
29/11/24
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RCP responds to MPs voting in favour of allowing assisted dying

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to MPs voting in favour of allowing assisted dying.
News
28/11/24
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RCP publishes updated position on physician associates working in secondary care in the medical specialties

RCP Council has agreed that there is a limited role for physician associates working in secondary care in the medical specialties as long as they are supported by clear supervision arrangements, professional regulation, and a nationally agreed scope of practice.
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.
Blog
27/11/24
Nextgenphysicians

My journey as an IMG in the NHS and the lessons learned

Dr Abhishek Ray, specialty registrar in gastroenterology and general internal medicine (GIM), arrived in the UK in 2018 as an international medical graduate (IMG) from India. In this piece – part of our #NextGenPhysicians blog series – Dr Ray explores the huge culture shock of practising and training in medicine from one country to another.
Blog
26/11/24
Tackling Health Inequalities

Universal access to rehabilitation is key to reducing the gap in healthy life expectancy: guest blog post from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

The Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) is a coalition of more than 250 organisations, convened by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), which campaigns for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities. This blog post by Natasha Owusu, policy lead for England at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), is part of a series by IHA member organisations.
News
26/11/24
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The Royal College of Physicians welcomes the Tobacco and Vapes Bill passing second reading in the House of Commons

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill passing second reading in the House of Commons.
News
25/11/24
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The Royal College of Physicians urges MPs to back the Tobacco & Vapes Bill

The RCP is one of seven organisations, together representing 850,000 healthcare professionals, that have written to MPs calling for them to support the legislation that will help to create the first smoke-free generation.

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