In 2023, the UK government committed to double the number of medical student places by 2031 in the NHS England (NHSE) Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP). For a profession crying out for more doctors, this felt like a major win. But good intentions alone don’t …
The first set of findings from the 2025 ‘Focus on physicians’ survey on job planning and supervision have been published. The 2025 Focus on physicians survey is a joint survey run by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Physicians and …
The first set of findings from the 2025 ‘Focus on physicians’ survey on job planning and supervision have been published. The 2025 Focus on physicians survey is a joint survey run by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Physicians and …
This month, our vice president for Wales Dr Hilary Williams blogs about the Leng review, New consultants forum, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and the Welsh Labour Party conference. August beckons and as ever, a big welcome to our new …
RCP members and fellows can publish open access in the RCP’s peer-reviewed journal, Clinical Medicine (ClinMed), free of charge – saving up to £1,850 per article (depending on the exchange rate). This waived article publishing charge (APC) gives RCP …
Following a short break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RCP’s flagship awards ceremony returned in 2025 to recognise and celebrate the ground-breaking work of our fellows and members in medical education, quality improvement and clinical research. Over …
In 2023, the UK government committed to double the number of medical student places by 2031 in the NHS England (NHSE) Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP). For a profession crying out for more doctors, this felt like a major win. But good intentions alone don’t …
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has confirmed that it will adopt the nomenclature ‘physician assistant’ with immediate effect, following recommendations in the independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates. The RCP welcomed …
Following the commissioning of an external governance review by the RCP board of trustees, views are being sought on the college’s governance from a wide cross-section of interested parties. The review, which is being carried out by GGI Development and …
Dr Mumtaz Patel, RCP president, said: ‘This year’s GMC national training survey should remind us that many early career physicians are working under enormous pressure. ‘Rota gaps are severely affecting the quality of medical training and the fact that over …
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to the publication of Professor Gillian Leng’s independent review into the roles of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), welcoming a focus on national consistency and clarity of …
In its new position statement, the RCP said ‘medication alone will not be enough to make meaningful progress on tackling obesity’, and calls for further policies including reducing the ‘aggressive marketing and advertising’ of unhealthy food, increasing …
New survey findings from the Royal College of Physicians reveal the significant toll alcohol dependence continues to have on patient health and recovery amid new calls for urgent government action on alcohol-related harms. The second RCP member snapshot …
Dr Mumtaz Patel, RCP president, said: ‘It’s good to read the UK government’s vision for the NHS over the next decade. ‘We will now look at the plan in detail, but have been pleased to see commitments to a number of RCP campaign calls: reform of outpatient …
Ahead of this week’s publication of the 10 Year Health Plan, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has today launched a new toolkit – Time to focus on the blue dots – which calls for a fundamental shift in how the NHS delivers care. Rather than designing …
Dr Kath McCullough, Royal College of Physicians’ special adviser on obesity said: “This is exactly the type of bold policy we need to shift from sickness to prevention. Obesity is one of the most significant public health challenges facing our NHS, driving …
Almost 90 chief registrars came together this week at the Regent’s Park home of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) for the final teaching day of the 2024/25 Chief Registrar Programme. The RCP Chief Registrar Programme is the college’s flagship …
‘How can we deliver training that meets the needs of an increasingly older and multimorbid population?’ asks Dr Ruth Law, RCP censor and consultant physician, in our latest blog taken from the RCP’s submission to the NHS England national medical training …
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to government plans to reduce health inequalities. Dr Mumtaz Patel, president of the RCP, said: “Improved primary care in areas of health need is important to improving equity of access. No patient should …
The RCP has appointed three new censors to support the education, examination and maintaining standards in medical practice focus which is at the core of the RCP. Dr Alex Crowe, Dr Sarah Gladdish and Dr Elaine Hui will take up post on 1 August 2025 and …
