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23 January 2019
Press release
Hospitals
NHS
Workforce
The RCP has welcomed the NHS Long Term Plan's focus on changing models of working, but called for the government to dramatically increase medical school places, and the supply of doctors, to alleviate burnout rate among health professionals.
21 January 2019
Blog
Hospitals
NHS
Workforce
Long Term Plan
RCP president Professor Andrew Goddard discusses what we’ve learned from the new NHS Long Term Plan, and how to create a sustainable workforce.
14 January 2019
Blog
Assisted dying
With the RCP preparing to poll its members about its stance on assisted dying, Dr Amy Proffitt, executive secretary of the Association for Palliative Medicine (APM), argues the case for opposing medical involvement.
14 January 2019
Blog
Assisted dying
With the RCP preparing to poll its members about its stance on assisted dying, Professor Raymond Tallis, emeritus professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Manchester, outlines why the RCP should have a neutral position.
14 January 2019
Press release
Assisted dying
The RCP is to poll its 35,000 members and fellows next month on whether or not there should be a change in the law to permit assisted dying.
31 January 2019
Press release
Air quality
Sustainability
The RCP has responded to the launch of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra's) clean air strategy.
17 January 2019
Blog
Obesity
Other conditions with a lifestyle component, such as lung cancer, are recognised as a disease, so why not obesity? Doing so would focus attention on improving prevention and treatment, rather than telling those with obesity to ‘try harder’, says Professor John Wilding.
22 January 2019
Blog
NHS
Long Term Plan
Following the announcement of NHS England's Long Term Plan earlier this month, the RCP has engaged in a week-long discussion covering the plan's most important themes. Today RCP clinical vice president David Oliver, supported by Jayne Black, RCP joint head of policy and campaigns, examines what the report means for integration.
23 January 2019
Blog
NHS
Long Term Plan
Following the announcement of NHS England's Long Term Plan earlier this month, the RCP has engaged in a week-long discussion covering the plan's most important themes. In today’s blog, RCP registrar Professor Donal O'Donoghue examines the future of technology in the NHS.
23 January 2019
Blog
NHS
Long Term Plan
Following the announcement of NHS England's Long Term Plan earlier this month, the RCP has engaged in a week-long discussion covering the plan's most important themes. Today, RCP academic vice president Professor Cheng-Hock Toh explains what it means for health inequality.