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07/05/26
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Spotlight on local innovation – supporting consistent consultant practice to improve patient flow

Improving patient flow, reducing waiting times and delivering better value remain major challenges for the NHS. In this Spotlight on local innovation blog, Dr Babar Muhammad Munir FRCP, consultant physician and endocrinologist at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, reflects on how local experience shows that the way consultant‑level decision making is supported can have a significant impact on outcomes.
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06/05/26
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RCP calls for opt out quit support across all NHS services

A new report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) sets out the unequal and devastating health and economic impact of smoking in the UK, shaped by poverty, poor housing, employment insecurity and industry practices. The report calls on government to introduce opt out tobacco dependency treatment across all NHS services as a matter of public health and economic urgency.
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05/05/26
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‘People genuinely feel supported here’: RCP president visits Sunderland Royal Hospital

Senior officers from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) visited South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust last week to meet resident doctors, consultants and senior leaders, and to hear first-hand about training, patient care and workforce challenges in the region.
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01/05/26
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Doctors are unclear about their role in government’s vision for neighbourhood health, warns Royal College of Physicians

In its new ‘RCP View on neighbourhood health’ report, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) sets out a vision for the role of medical specialists in neighbourhood-based care as it’s revealed nearly half (48%) of physicians report being unclear about how their role would function within a neighbourhood health team.
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30/04/26
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‘Local events like this help the RCP feel much more relevant and accessible’: RCP hosts evening reception for resident doctors in Newcastle

Resident doctors and senior clinicians gathered in Newcastle this week at an event hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to discuss the pressures facing the medical workforce and how education, assessment and professional development should evolve.
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30/04/26
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RCP responds to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill becoming law

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill gaining Royal Assent and becoming law.
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30/04/26
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‘SAS doctors are essential to the NHS’: RCP sets out new priorities to support and champion SAS doctors

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has today published its SAS priorities for 2026–30, setting out a clear programme of work to improve recognition, career development and representation for specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors across the UK.
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28/04/26
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RCP hosts Meet your president session for all members

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) recently hosted a Meet your president session (open to all fellows and members). Chaired by RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel, participants discussed medical training reform, artificial intelligence in healthcare, corridor care, workforce planning and much more.
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28/04/26
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'Too many people are living longer in poor health': RCP Cymru Wales responds to new healthy life expectancy figures for Wales

The Royal College of Physicians Cymru Wales has responded to Health Foundation analysis, based on data from the Office for National Statistics between 2022-24 and 2012-2014.