Annual general meeting of fellows and Lady Estelle Wolfson lecture 2025

Yes. 

All eligible fellows are automatically registered for online attendance at the AGM.

Fellows will receive an email from Civica Election Services (CES) on Wednesday 17 September 2025, which will include a link to watch the full AGM broadcast. This email will be sent from invite@CESjoinIN.com. Please check your junk/spam folders.

If you have not received an email by Thursday 18 September 2025, please email membershipqueries@rcp.ac.uk or call +44 (0)151 318 1979, 0151 318 2187 or +44 (0)203 075 1362. 

The link you are provided with in your registration and any reminder emails must not be circulated to non-fellows of the RCP as this is a fellows-only broadcast page, in line with Bye-law 4.2(1).

Please note that the Lady Estelle Wolfson lecture is free and online access is open to all. If fellows and members, colleagues, family or friends are interested in attending, please use the following link to book a place: https://player.rcp.ac.uk/ee/live/lady-estelle-wolfson-2025. If you encounter any issues please contact: rcpevents@rcp.ac.uk or call 020 3075 2389.

Please feel free to submit any comments or questions to senior officers in advance of the AGM to Simon Land, head of professional governance.  Senior officers will endeavour to answer all questions received (including those submitted on the day) at the AGM or post meeting (on a thematic basis) should there be too many to respond to at the meeting. 

Full instructions on how to participate in voting will be issued within the AGM papers and as part of a reminder email. 

All attendees will be given access to vote, whether they are attending in person or online.

If you are attending in person please make sure you bring a device with you. Staff will be on hand to support on the day.

Please note that routine AGM business (eg annual report of Council) will be voted on during the meeting by the fellows who are present. 

Fellows should note that Council has agreed that a post meeting online ballot of fellows will be held on the proposals for modernising election processes - see item 7 for more details. Voting will be open from 26 September - 10 October 2025.

Members and fellows will be able to view the AGM recording online during this period. The ballot will be supported by Civica Election Services (CES). Subscribing fellows will be emailed on 26 September 2025 from takepart@CESvotes.com.

AGM papers will be made available to both fellows and members but AGM attendance and voting is a benefit of subscribing fellows only.

Papers are made available at least 2 weeks prior to the AGM on the RCP website www.rcp.ac.uk/agm25. At this point a direct email communication will be sent to the membership. Please note that you will need to be logged into your profile to view the papers.

We hope that fellows and members find the information interesting but stress that it is confidential in nature. 

Attendance and voting rights at general meetings are a privilege of subscribing fellows only. Subscribing fellows are required to be in good standing which includes being up to date with subscription to be invited.

Honorary and Emeritus categories of fellowship are non-subscribing and so not eligible to attend or vote.

Meeting papers are accessible to all fellows and members (behind the login) www.rcp.ac.uk/agm25. We hope that fellows and members find the information interesting but stress that it is confidential in nature.

Fellows who wish to stay for dinner will need to book separately via this link.

All bookings for in person attendance and dinner must be made by Sunday 14 September 2025. We regret we are not able to accept walk-in registrations.