Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians The RCP is a professional membership organisation representing around 40,000 physicians worldwide.
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Royal College of Physicians is an independent professional membership organisation, representing over 40,000 physicians worldwide, that aims to improve the quality of patient care by continually raising medical standards.

🔴 Now available on demand: Cardiology sessionDeveloped in collaboration with the British Cardiovascular Society, this es...
29/11/2025

🔴 Now available on demand: Cardiology session

Developed in collaboration with the British Cardiovascular Society, this essential session dives into some of the challenges in cardiovascular care today – from timely referral and management strategies for atrial fibrillation, to optimising chronic kidney disease in cardiac patients, and expert insights into managing mitral and aortic valve disease.

🩺 Chaired by:
Dr Shouvik Haldar and Dr Muram El-Nayir

🎤 Featuring expert speakers:
Dr Jennifer Rossington
Dr Matt Ginks
Professor Stephen Wheatcroft
Dr Ee Ling Heng

Catch the full session on demand: https://ow.ly/9yH950Xz2YJ

Congratulations to Dr Mark Jordan and Dr David Baker, who won the Chief Registrar Project of the Year award at the for...
29/11/2025

Congratulations to Dr Mark Jordan and Dr David Baker, who won the Chief Registrar Project of the Year award at the for their project:

Equality at work – establishing a novel international medical graduate training academy at Gloucester Hospitals 👏

Their project supports international medical graduates and locally employed doctors through structured training and development.

The judges said: ‘This excellent, systematic project – led by the involvement of international medical graduates – has now been embedded into practice and serves as a shining exemplar. With a wide range of tangible achievements in recruitment and long-term investment, it demonstrates impressive, impactful results.’

Discover all the winning projects: https://ow.ly/YVnZ50XyZlE

📢 Applications for the Dame Sheila Sherlock travelling fellowships in hepatology are now open.This fellowship offers con...
28/11/2025

📢 Applications for the Dame Sheila Sherlock travelling fellowships in hepatology are now open.

This fellowship offers consultants and residents the opportunity to learn new techniques and gain new experiences through travel and the exchange of ideas.

There are two travelling fellowships available, covering a period of one month each with a maximum of £2,000.

Learn more and apply today: https://ow.ly/y5OT50XyGNZ

Thank you to Dr Geraint James for funding these traveling fellowships in memory of his wife, Dame Sheila Sherlock.

Great to see our chief registrars at the Spine for another fantastic session!We’ll be opening expressions of interest fo...
28/11/2025

Great to see our chief registrars at the Spine for another fantastic session!

We’ll be opening expressions of interest for the 2026 cohort very soon — keep an eye out for updates.

👉Find out more about the chief registrar programme: https://ow.ly/cbVo50XxoXP

‘The idea was simple: what if we split the wards geographically? That way, each doctor would cover patients in a defined...
28/11/2025

‘The idea was simple: what if we split the wards geographically? That way, each doctor would cover patients in a defined area, reducing wasted time spent walking and allowing us to respond faster to urgent jobs. There was such positive feedback that the changes were adopted as a formal part of our on-call arrangements.

‘After all, when systems are clear and reliable, the risk of clinical errors decreases, communication improves and patients receive safer, higher-quality care. At the same time, staff feel supported and less stressed, which boosts morale and retention.’

In our latest Spotlight on local innovation think piece, resident doctor Dr Bijan Yazdanian describes quality improvement work to improve on-call ward allocations: https://ow.ly/grP850XyXRT

Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s autumn financial statement we welcome:🔵£300 million of new capital investmen...
27/11/2025

Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s autumn financial statement we welcome:

🔵£300 million of new capital investment for digital tools
🔵steps forward in the fight to prevent obesity, including lowering of the threshold at which sugary drinks are eligible for the levy to 4.5g
🔵government’s commitment to roll out 250 new neighbourhood health centres across England.

‘Government must recognise the critical role of the NHS medical workforce in this. The 10 Year Workforce Plan due next year must be underpinned by the necessary funding to invest in the medical workforce, expand specialty training places and ensure we have the right workforce in the right places to deliver on the NHS 10 year plan. Recruitment as well as focus on retention and workforce wellbeing is key.’ Professor Mumtaz Patel, RCP president.

👉 Read our full response to the announcements affecting patients and clinicians in the autumn statement: https://ow.ly/zEnf50XyxsS

Ready to take the next step in your leadership journey?Our CPD-accredited workshops are designed to help you build confi...
27/11/2025

Ready to take the next step in your leadership journey?

Our CPD-accredited workshops are designed to help you build confidence and capability in both self-leadership and leading others.

👩‍⚕️Fundamentals of self-leadership: https://ow.ly/imNH50XxoLb

📚Fundamentals of leading others: https://ow.ly/S4g750XxoL9

🚀 Now available on demand!Don’t miss our keynote session from : The Northumbria journey. A thought-provoking session de...
26/11/2025

🚀 Now available on demand!

Don’t miss our keynote session from : The Northumbria journey.

A thought-provoking session delivered by Dr Birju Bartoli, chief executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust exploring innovation, leadership and the future of care delivery.

👉Book now to watch the full session: https://ow.ly/nfv150XyfHh

The first module of our new e-learning series ‘Supporting the care of people living with obesity: Talking about obesity’...
26/11/2025

The first module of our new e-learning series ‘Supporting the care of people living with obesity: Talking about obesity’ is now live.

This module explores how to start the conversation about weight, with patients living with obesity.

Free to , book your place today: https://ow.ly/hS5t50XwZIz

📢 Don’t miss out on essential updates about our campaigning and wider developments in healthcare.Receive expert insights...
26/11/2025

📢 Don’t miss out on essential updates about our campaigning and wider developments in healthcare.

Receive expert insights and the latest news in healthcare directly to your inbox. Sign up to RCP Digest now: https://ow.ly/hbe250WfhHS

RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel and Resident Doctor Committee co-chairs Dr Stephen Joseph and Dr Catherine Rowan me...
25/11/2025

RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel and Resident Doctor Committee co-chairs Dr Stephen Joseph and Dr Catherine Rowan met with chief medical officer Chris Whitty and NHSE medical director Professor Meghana Pandit this week.

Speaking about the future of medical training, they discussed the urgent need to address training bottlenecks and growing competition ratios for IMT places.

Professor Mumtaz Patel said:

‘Too many foundation doctors are struggling to progress in their NHS careers – securing even an interview for a training post in internal medicine is becoming more difficult every year, and many resident doctors are losing hope. The promised increase in medical school places must be matched by an expansion in specialty training posts, alongside urgent action to tackle bottlenecks and bring down competition ratios for resident doctors already in the system.

‘Phase 2 of the medical training review must offer solutions, delivered at pace. The phase 1 report identified the right issues, now we need practical reforms shaped through genuine engagement with doctors on the ground.

‘Our next gen top 10 priorities for medical training set out our recommendations: we need to get the basics right, reform the training recruitment system, make it easier for our residents to progress, improve rota fairness and strengthen educational supervision.’

Dr Seán Coghlan, RCP Student and Foundation Doctor Network chair said:

‘A significant number of outstanding foundation doctors have this week received incredibly disheartening news that they have been unsuccessful in shortlisting for IMT interview.

‘It is unforgivable that UK graduates are unable to progress their career with the NHS. Instead, many of them are deeply concerned about becoming unemployed after years of hard work. The current recruitment process is broken and not fit for purpose with unrealistic expectations and requirements for early career doctors.

‘Urgent reform is required now to ensure that these doctors can continue to progress in postgraduate training.’

👉 Read our next gen top 10: https://ow.ly/THtq50XxlC4

A new study published in the Future Healthcare Journal, led by experts from the , the University of Bath, Lancaster Uni...
25/11/2025

A new study published in the Future Healthcare Journal, led by experts from the , the University of Bath, Lancaster University and Durham University shows that England’s elective waiting list must be cut by more than half – from the current 7.4 million to 3.4 million – to achieve the government’s target of 92% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks for treatment.

Dr Theresa Barnes, RCP clinical lead for outpatients, said:

‘Meaningful action to reduce the waiting list must prioritise a redesign of outpatient services that enables more efficient use of diagnostic and treatment capacity, such as the use of one stop clinics. For specialties caring for patients with long-term conditions, this will need to be balanced with an ever-growing requirement for follow up and surveillance. This too requires transformation so patients are better supported to self-manage, and clinicians can digitally monitor and deliver data-led risk stratification to reduce the follow-up burden, freeing up capacity for appointments that can remove patients from the list.’

🔗 Read the full story: https://ow.ly/vowR50XxmUU

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Royal College of Physicians is an independent professional membership organisation, representing 37,000 physicians worldwide, that aims to improve the quality of patient care by continually raising medical standards.