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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.
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09/12/25
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RCP president and resident doctors write to The Times with call for urgent action on training bottlenecks

A letter from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has been published today in The Times, warning that the NHS will continue to lose talented early-career doctors unless urgent action is taken to fix the training bottlenecks holding them back.
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05/12/25
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Royal College of Physicians responds to National Audit Office report on healthcare for people living with frailty

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to the National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) report Primary and community healthcare support for people living with frailty which looks at how the NHS identifies and supports people living with or at risk of frailty before they reach the point of medical crisis or hospital admission.
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05/12/25
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‘Our priority is to support resident doctors through an exceptionally challenging time’: RCP hosts webinar with free CPD exclusively for college tutors and associate college tutors

RCP college tutors (CTs) and associate college tutors (ACTs) joined a recent RCP webinar to hear updates on internal medicine training (IMT), higher specialty training and the wider reforms shaping postgraduate medical education, before taking part in an RCP education workshop on coaching skills.
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05/12/25
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Play your part in the RCP’s future – nominations now open for key college roles

Nominations are now open for the 2026 elections to two vice president positions and four seats on RCP Council. For the first time, collegiate members will have the opportunity to vote when the ballot window opens in the new year.
News
04/12/25
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RCP responds to chief medical officer’s annual report 2025 on infections

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to the chief medical officer's annual report on infections.
Blog
28/11/25
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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.
Blog
26/11/25
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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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26/11/25
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RCP hosts first global Meet your president session

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has hosted its first global Meet your president session, bringing together fellows, members and international advisers from across the world to share ideas, ask questions and shape the future direction of the college.