The report utilises the rapid cancer registration dataset for England, which makes data available more quickly. However, it is missing some of the poorer prognosis patients and does not provide data by ‘trust first seen’. Results are presented by alliance …
Headlines Across the UK, just over 4% of respondents were off work due to COVID-19. That included being ill themselves, self-isolating due to a household member or having been in contact with someone, or having to care for someone. In London, that figure …
This is the fifth annual report for the Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB), providing national benchmark performance for the care of people with fragility fractures in 2020. Please note, the results in this report should be read within the context …
The language we use is important. The RCP uses respectful and accurate language when referring to people and medical conditions, avoids terms that create stereotypes/myths and avoids words that are negatively attached to the person rather than the …
Making clinical audit data transparent In his transparency and open data letter to cabinet ministers on 7 July 2011, the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a commitment to make clinical audit data available from the national audits within the …
Data quality 1. Clinical leads should assess the extent of the gap between actual and reported falls in your trust or health board if more than 10% of inpatient femoral fractures (IFFs) are recorded in NAIF as not attributable to a fall. Higher proportions …
Every year the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) conducts a consultant census on behalf of the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians: the RCP, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of …
The project was developed in close consultation with a multidisciplinary task and finish group and with input from across health and social care, including patient and carer representatives. This enabled a better understanding of problems that cross sector …
“Winter is coming - uncertain times. If not prepared it can go pear shaped and end up in a bad way. Our region is already feeling the pinch of increased numbers at the front end and struggling with social care. We remain optimistic and proud to be a part …
2020 was a challenging year across trauma services however performance on most of our KPIs remained stables, or experienced only transient dips which is a testament to the resilience of hip fracture services during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Policy- …
As the Royal College of Physicians (RCP Cymru Wales) publishes the follow-up report to a virtual workshop with physicians across south-west Wales, doctors are calling on the Welsh NHS to focus on the positive changes that have come from the pandemic and …
The findings of the largest study to date of the quality of care given to patients in the UK with COVID-19 are outlined in this report. This study recruited a sample and demographic representative of English hospitals’ experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
The design and planning of new hospitals is a topical subject as government has committed to building 40 new hospitals in the UK by 2030. In July 2021 it announced the selection process for the first eight of these hospitals. Our report draws on a range of …
Headlines 43% of physicians had not reverted back to their original working pattern, almost 18 months on from the start of the pandemic. Well over half (57%) are now working from home at least some of the time, with over two thirds (67%) saying working …
We want to make sure fellows and members can also make use of the data to understand what is happening in their specialty and region. As well as the key findings, we produce interactive census data toolkits that you can download. The census data toolkit is …
2016 The RCP publishes Research for all. Following a UK survey, the report explores the current barriers to doctors’ engagement in medical research and finds: 2 out of 3 doctors surveyed would like to do more research time, skills and NHS trust culture are …
This report details the care received by 38,084 patients with acute exacerbations of COPD who were discharged from 182 hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales between 1st October 2019 and 29th February 2020. This information is presented at national and …
We developed Talking about dying in 2018 because we knew that many healthcare professionals understandably struggled to breach the subject of death and dying with their patients. Three years later this is still true, and during the COVID-19 pandemic many …
The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of men and women across an organisation. The RCP is committed to monitoring its gender pay gap on an annual basis and delivering a plan to address this gap. In 2020, the RCP’s mean gender …
Smoking and health 2021 says that while the reduction in smoking prevalence by 75% since 1962 has been considered a national success, if the policies advocated by the RCP in 1962 had been adopted and followed through, smoking would have been eradicated …
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