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16/12/25
Hospital

Spotlight on local innovation – redesigning the acute care hot clinic referral pathway

In this Spotlight on local innovation blog, RCP member Dr Glen Davies, a doctor in internal medicine training (IMT) and RCP associate college tutor for the Royal Liverpool Hospital, reflects on his time working on the acute care unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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10/12/25
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Becoming the medical registrar: what I learned – and what needs fixing

‘Our medical SHOs have become a forgotten tribe – when it comes to their training, we need to do better,’ says Dr Zack Ferguson, a new consultant at Frimley Park Hospital, in our latest next generation blog. Zack will deliver the opening session at our 2026 Call the medical registrar conference – register your interest now.
Blog
28/11/25
Doctors Working

Spotlight on local innovation: on-call ward allocations in Blackpool

Our new Spotlight on local innovation series of articles highlights the great stories we hear during our hospital visits. In this think piece, resident doctor Dr Bijan Yazdanian describes quality improvement work to improve on-call ward allocations at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. He presented this work to the RCP president and senior officers at a college visit in October 2024.
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26/11/25
Doctors in hospital

Daily board rounds and redesigned rotas halve AMU length of stay in Frimley Park Hospital

A new paper published in the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) describes how a structured quality improvement programme helped to bring one acute medical unit up to national standards.
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21/11/25
Nextgenphysicians

Rising competition exposes flaws in specialty training selection, say early-career doctors

A new paper published in the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) highlights how rapidly increasing competition for specialty training posts is exposing deep flaws in the current selection process for resident doctors – with potential consequences for fairness, workforce morale and patient safety.
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21/11/25
Doctor And Patient Holding Hands

Spotlight on local innovation: transforming stroke care at the Countess of Chester Hospital

In the latest of our Spotlight on local innovation series of articles, Dr Sam Sheppard, consultant physician in stroke and care of the elderly and RCP collegiate member writes about how stroke care has been transformed at the Countess of Chester Hospital in the northwest of England.
Blog
11/11/25
Microscope

Precision oncology – the best medicine for everyone?

Tomorrow, Dr Amit Sud, winner of the 2025 Graham Bull Prize in Clinical Science will deliver the Goulstonian Lecture during Med+ 2025, at the Regent’s Park home of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Here he discusses his award-winning work to shape the future of cancer care.
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11/11/25
Doctors in group discussion

Spotlight on local innovation: supporting IMGs across Buckinghamshire

In the first of our new Spotlight on local innovation series of articles, we hear from colleagues at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust where a structured and compassionate programme is helping international medical graduates (IMGs) to settle, thrive and progress. Dr Aslihan Tapan, a medical education fellow at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, explains what they’ve achieved so far.
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07/11/25
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My journey as a college tutor: supporting the next generation of doctors

As part of our new college tutor spotlight series, Dr Faizan Rao, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology and RCP college tutor at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD), describes his passion for education, the challenges that he faces and the moments which make it all worthwhile.