This event is organised by the SPS Committee.
The online bookings for this event are now closed. If you're interested in attending, please email conferences@rcp.ac.uk.
The Senior Physicians Society (previously called The Quincentennial Society) is an association that provides for widows and widowers of fellows and members of the RCP and retired fellows and members of the RCP and its faculties, an opportunity to contribute to the activities of the RCP and enjoy the scientific, cultural and educational meetings to which selected speakers are invited.
Lectures are now opened to the public. They are usually held three times a year, and attract outstanding speakers across science, the arts, the humanities and issues of the day.
This event is organised by the SPS Committee.
The online bookings for this event are now closed. If you're interested in attending, please email conferences@rcp.ac.uk.
10.15am - Registration, tea and coffee
11.15am - Welcome and introduction
11.25am
Shot at dawn - the Life and Death of Private Harry Farr
Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Regius Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King’s College London
12.05pm
Medical lessons from the Russo-Ukraine war: are we ready for the next war?
Major General (rtd) Professor Tim Hodgetts CB CBE OStJ DL DSc DUniv PhD MMEd MBA FRCP, master general medical, British Army
12.45pm - Seated lunch
2.45pm
The 20th July plot – German resistance during WWII
Isabelle von Maltzan, student engagement manager, Queen Mary University of London Students’ Union
3.25pm
War: lessons from recent conflicts
Air Marshal Clare Walton CB KHP BSc MBBS MA Hon DHSc FRCGP DRCOG DFFP DAvMed FCMI MRAeS RAF, director general defence medical services, Defence Medical Services, Ministry of Defence
4.05pm - Close of meeting
19 May 2025
Not a society member : £68
Society member/Widow(er) of a society member : £58
Royal College of Physicians of London, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, NW1 4LE
19 May 2025
Not a society member : £68
Society member/Widow(er) of a society member : £58
RCP London