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17/12/25
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Future care planning in Wales: building a system that listens and responds

Talking about the future – particularly when progressive illness is involved – is never easy. Professor Mark Taubert, consultant physician in palliative medicine at Velindre University NHS Trust and NHS Wales clinical lead for future care planning, outlines how Wales has reshaped its national approach, placing person-centred care, equity and shared decision making at its core.
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17/12/25
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Royal colleges unite in call for ‘better patient care’ and an end to fragmented services that leave people facing delays, confusion and avoidable risk

The Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of General Practitioners have today published a joint briefing setting out practical steps to improve integration between primary and secondary care and deliver better outcomes for patients across Wales.
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16/12/25
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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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15/12/25
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Your RCP in 2025: putting the next generation of physicians at the heart of reform

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has celebrated 2025 with the launch of a new video remembering a year defined by modernisation, advocacy and a renewed focus on the next generation of physicians.
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11/12/25
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Royal College of Physicians publishes updated Green physician toolkit amid rising climate and health risks

The revised Green physician toolkit will support physicians to play their part in tackling the climate crisis with an updated range of actions to deliver more sustainable care and advice on managing climate-related health risks, such as heatwaves and air pollution.
Blog
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.