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19/03/26
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RCP president and chief medical officer for England call for clearer expectations on risk holding in medicine

In a new BMJ opinion piece, We must be more systematic about risk holding throughout doctors’ careers, Professor Mumtaz Patel, president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) joins with chief medical officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, to discuss their co-authored paper Holding of risk in medicine must evolve through all stages of the medical career, which calls on the medical profession to map expected levels of risk holding at each career stage and embed this in postgraduate training, supervision and assessment, aligned with GMC standards.
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17/03/26
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Growing the medical workforce: why the expansion of training places must be matched with investment in people and infrastructure

In a blog based on their recent article for Clinical Medicine (ClinMed), Dr Michael Batavanis, Dr Anmol Arora, Dr Samuel Aryee and Dr Nisha Nathwani reflect on what a national survey of directors of medical education reveals about the realities of expanding medical training in England.
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13/03/26
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RCP’s Future Healthcare Journal achieves Scopus indexation

The RCP’s Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) has been officially accepted for indexation in Scopus, the world’s largest and most reputable abstract and citation database, recognising the quality and credibility of the journal’s peer-reviewed literature, and marking a significant milestone in FHJ’s development.
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13/03/26
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'Tackling racism must be a priority - it has no place in the NHS': RCP responds to the annual NHS staff survey results

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to the annual NHS staff survey.

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