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Transforming challenges into opportunities: The success story of North Bristol's clinical fellow programme

As part of our #NextGenPhysicians blog series, Dr Rhiannon Hughes, former RCP chief registrar, and now an acute medicine consultant, shares how she helped transform staffing challenges at North Bristol NHS Trust by creating a clinical fellow programme that offers flexible rotations, professional development time and strong support – turning a recruitment issue into a career development success.

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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.

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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.

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RCP responds to the UK government’s Plan for Change

The RCP has welcomed a commitment from the UK government to reduce NHS treatment delays and has called for ambitious action to bring down waiting lists.

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RCP responds to ‘A healthier Wales’ refreshed actions

‘We need tangible actions – not just vague promises,’ says RCP vice president for Wales.

RCP Shield

RCP welcomes House of Lords short debate on PAs

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has called on the Leng review to consider the impact of the physician associate (PA) role on training opportunities for resident doctors.

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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.

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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.

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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.