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03/02/25
Hospital Staff Working

The voice of medicine: the first RCP snapshot survey of 2025 will help us to advocate for patients and physicians

The RCP has today (Monday 3 February) launched a short snapshot survey asking fellows and members about their recent experiences of working in the NHS, and their views on corridor care, patient safety, outpatient care and health inequalities
News
31/01/25
RCP Shield

Candidates announced for RCP president, clinical vice president and councillor elections

The RCP is delighted to announce the names of fellows standing for election as president, clinical vice president and councillors in 2025.
News
30/01/25
Research

RCP responds to report on decline in clinical researchers

The RCP has responded to a new report commissioned by the Office for the Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research on the falling numbers of clinical researchers in the UK.
Blog
29/01/25
Tackling Health Inequalities

Commissioning relationships with third sector services requires an urgent reset to reduce long-standing mental health inequalities

The Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) is a coalition of more than 250 organisations, convened by the RCP, which campaigns for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities. This guest blog post by Jeremy Bacon, Third Sector Lead in the policy team at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) is part of a series by IHA member organisations.
Blog
28/01/25
Hospital Corridor (1)

Pwysau'r gaeaf: sut mae chwalu'r rhwystrau rhwng systemau gofal?

Y mis hwn, mae is-lywydd Coleg Brenhinol y Meddygon ar gyfer Cymru, Dr Hilary Wiliams, yn blogio am bwysau'r gaeaf, gofal mewn coridorau a phwysigrwydd newid ledled y system.
Blog
28/01/25
Hospital Corridor (1)

Winter pressures: how do we break down barriers between care systems?

This month RCP vice president for Wales, Dr Hilary Williams, blogs about winter pressures, corridor care and the importance of system-wide change.
News
27/01/25
Doctors

2024 survey of medical certificate of completion of training (CCT) holders’ career progression

The Royal College of Physicians has published the 16th survey reporting the experiences of and outcomes for physicians within a year of gaining their CCT (certificate of completion of training) in 2023.
News
24/01/25
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Excellence in Patient Care Award entries are now open

Back for 2025, our highly anticipated RCP Excellence in Patient Care Awards are now open for entry.
News
22/01/25
Hospital Corridor (1)

Royal College of Physicians issues new position statement calling for a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to corridor care

‘We simply cannot accept this way of working’ The RCP has called on the NHS to eliminate ‘corridor care’.

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