The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) monitors and publishes its gender pay gap on an annual basis. On 5 April 2025 the RCP employed a total of 418 staff, comprising 283 (68%) women and 135 (32%) men. This includes people working for the Federation of the …
The Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of General Practitioners have today published a joint briefing setting out practical steps to improve integration between primary and secondary care and deliver better outcomes for patients across Wales …
Talking about the future – particularly when progressive illness is involved – is never easy. Professor Mark Taubert, consultant physician in palliative medicine at Velindre University NHS Trust and NHS Wales clinical lead for future care planning, …
In this Spotlight on local innovation blog, RCP member Dr Glen Davies, a doctor in internal medicine training (IMT) and RCP associate college tutor for the Royal Liverpool Hospital, reflects on his time working on the acute care unit at the Countess of …
In this Spotlight on local innovation blog, RCP member Dr Glen Davies, a doctor in internal medicine training (IMT) and RCP associate college tutor for the Royal Liverpool Hospital, reflects on his time working on the acute care unit at the Countess of …
Alongside our 2025 video, we’ve published The voice of physicians: our 2025 emerging themes report, capturing the realities facing doctors working in increasingly pressured services. The report highlights widespread concerns about unsafe corridor care, …
Alongside our 2025 video, we’ve published The voice of physicians: our 2025 emerging themes report, capturing the realities facing doctors working in increasingly pressured services. The report highlights widespread concerns about unsafe corridor care, …
A letter from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has been published today in The Times, warning that the NHS will continue to lose talented early-career doctors unless urgent action is taken to fix the training bottlenecks holding them back. A powerful …
‘Our medical SHOs have become a forgotten tribe – when it comes to their training, we need to do better,’ says Dr Zack Ferguson, a new consultant at Frimley Park Hospital, in our latest next generation blog. Zack will deliver the opening session at our …
The revised Green Physician Toolkit will support physicians to play their part in tackling the climate crisis with an updated range of actions to deliver more sustainable care and advice on managing climate-related health risks, such as heatwaves and air …
Deadline for nominations: 5pm, Monday 6 January 2026 The roles open for nomination: Senior censor and vice president for education and training (VPET) This role oversees a broad portfolio of work in education and training, including CPD, revalidation and …
Deadline for nominations: 5pm, Monday 6 January 2026 The roles open for nomination: Senior censor and vice president for education and training (VPET) This role oversees a broad portfolio of work in education and training, including CPD, revalidation and …
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to the National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) report Primary and community healthcare support for people living with frailty which looks at how the NHS identifies and supports people living with or at risk of …
RCP college tutors (CTs) and associate college tutors (ACTs) joined a recent RCP webinar to hear updates on internal medicine training (IMT), higher specialty training and the wider reforms shaping postgraduate medical education, before taking part in an …
Professor Mumtaz Patel, RCP president, and Dr Sarah Logan, chair of the RCP Joint Specialty Committee for Infectious Diseases, said: ‘We welcome this important report on infections from the chief medical officer for England. ‘What comes through clearly is …
Our new Spotlight on local innovation series of articles highlights the great stories we hear during our hospital visits. In this think piece, resident doctor Dr Bijan Yazdanian describes quality improvement work to improve on-call ward allocations at …
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has hosted its first global Meet your president session, bringing together fellows, members and international advisers from across the world to share ideas, ask questions and shape the future direction of the college. …
The RCP has today responded the announcements affecting patients and clinicians made in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn financial statement. Professor Mumtaz Patel, president of the Royal College of Physicians said: “The Chancellor has today made …
The research, led by experts from the NHS, the University of Bath, Lancaster University and Durham University, show that between now and 2029, the NHS would need to make around one million additional removals from the waiting list each year – through …
A new paper published in the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) describes how a structured quality improvement programme helped to bring one acute medical unit up to national standards. In Leading from the acute medical unit: restoring function, purpose and …
