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30/07/25
Hospital Corridor Doctors

‘Patient care will suffer – it’s a big clinical risk, not just a contractual issue’: RCP launches national guidance as new survey findings reveal that senior doctor job plans do not always reflect modern ways of working in the NHS

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has today published new job planning guidance as fresh data reveals more than half of senior doctors feel their job plans do not accurately reflect the work they do every day. 
Blog
29/07/25
Hospital Staff Working

RCP Wales VP monthly blog – the Leng review, Terminally Ill Adults Bill and Labour conference

This month, our vice president for Wales Dr Hilary Williams blogs about the Leng review, New consultants forum, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and the Welsh Labour Party conference.
Blog
29/07/25
Hospital Staff Working

Blog misol is-lywydd Coleg Brenhinol y Meddygon Cymru – adolygiad Leng, Y Bil Oedolion Terfynol Sâl (Diwedd Oes) a chynhadledd Llafur

Y mis yma, mae ein his-lywydd yng Nghymru Dr Hilary Williams wedi ysgrifennu blog ar adolygiad Leng, y Fforwm ymgynghorwyr newydd, y Bil Oedolion Terfynol Sâl (Diwedd Oes) a chynhadledd y Blaid Lafur. 
News
28/07/25
Doctors In Corridor

2025 Focus on physicians survey: job planning and supervision

The first set of findings from the 2025 ‘Focus on physicians’ survey on job planning and supervision have been published.
Blog
24/07/25
Nextgenphysicians

The next generation of doctors – is the system ready?

In the upcoming issue of Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ), due out in September 2025, medical students Eli Sassoon and Rhiannon Craig alongside Professor David O’Brien explore the implications of the commitment to expand medical school places in England. In this blog, Dr Seán Coghlan, chair of the RCP Student and Foundation Doctor Network, considers their findings.
News
24/07/25
CLINMED 400 X 400

RCP members get free publication in a globally ranked journal

RCP members and fellows can publish open access in the RCP’s peer-reviewed journal, Clinical Medicine (ClinMed), free of charge – saving up to £1,850 per article (depending on the exchange rate).
News
23/07/25
RCP Awards Event 5

Celebrating innovation, compassion and impact: winners of the RCP Excellence in Patient Care Awards revealed

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is proud to announce the winners of the Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025.
News
22/07/25
RCP London Sign

Royal College of Physicians adopts physician assistant nomenclature in its communications

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has confirmed that it will adopt the nomenclature ‘physician assistant’ with immediate effect, following recommendations in the independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates.
News
17/07/25
RCP Shield

Your chance to contribute to the RCP governance review

Following the commissioning of an external governance review by the RCP board of trustees, views are being sought on the college’s governance from a wide cross-section of interested parties.

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