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03/09/25
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The voice of medicine: RCP’s final snapshot survey of 2025

We want to know about your experiences of providing corridor care over the summer, and how you’re feeling about heading into winter.
News
03/09/25
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More than 70 health and care organisations join the RCP and NHS Providers in calling for productive engagement with Health Secretary on workforce plan

More than 70 health and care organisations have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting telling him they ‘stand ready’ to offer their considerable expertise as they call for meaningful engagement on the development of the 10 year workforce plan.
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03/09/25
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RCP hosts second ‘Meet the president’ forum for fellows and members

Last night, RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel hosted the second in a series of online ‘Meet the president’ forums, giving fellows and members the chance to ask questions, share their experiences and help shape the RCP’s new strategy.
Blog
02/09/25
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How can we make outpatient training fairer and more meaningful for IMT doctors?

In our latest RCP next generation campaign blog, Dr Muha Hassan, RCP associate college tutor (ACT) and one of the winners of our 2025 ACT abstract competition shares how listening to resident doctor feedback led to a regional initiative to standardise clinic access – and why protected, hands-on learning time is essential for the future medical workforce.
News
01/09/25
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RCP responds to NHS England’s publication of a 10 Point Plan to improve resident doctors’ working lives

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to NHS England’s publication of a 10 Point Plan to improve resident doctors’ working lives, welcoming the call to action and identifying the need for further engagement ahead of the publication of the 10 Year Workforce Plan.
News
28/08/25
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RCP appoints Dr Kate Fayers as RCP clinical adviser in flexible working

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has appointed Dr Kate Fayers, consultant in diabetes at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust as the new RCP Clinical adviser in flexible working based in the medical workforce data and insights team (formerly known as the medical workforce unit).
News
28/08/25
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RCP backs calls for reform of ‘inefficient’ cancer treatment decision-making

The RCP and other expert bodies are calling for an overhaul of how cancer treatment decisions are made in order to improve patient outcomes amid rising demand and increasingly complex treatment options.
Blog
27/08/25
Welsh Senedd

‘Mwy na Geiriau: y ddarpariaeth Gymraeg o fewn gofal iechyd.’ (More Than Words: the Welsh provision within healthcare)

“Y mis hwn, rwy'n falch iawn o gyflwyno Dr Olwen Williams OBE, sef ein blogiwr gwadd a chyn is-lywydd Coleg Brenhinol y Meddygon dros Gymru, sy'n blogio am bwysigrwydd gofal iechyd yn Gymraeg – a'r cyfleoedd sydd ar gael i feddygon ddysgu Cymraeg. Dyma beth sydd gan Olwen i'w ddweud...”
Blog
27/08/25
Welsh Senedd

‘Mwy Na Geiriau: y darpariaeth Gymraeg o fewn gofal iechyd’ (More than words: the Welsh provision within healthcare)

This month, I’m delighted to introduce our guest blogger, Dr Olwen Williams OBE and former RCP vice president for Wales, who blogs about the importance of healthcare in Welsh – and the opportunities for doctors to learn Welsh. Over to Olwen…

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