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12/06/25
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The RCP responds to the Chancellor’s Spending Review

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to the Chancellor's Spending Review.
Blog
11/06/25
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RCP calls on the NHS to pilot ‘stay local’ training schemes, as a third of next gen survey respondents say geography is the most important factor when choosing where to train

‘At the RCP, we’ve long argued that there is a fundamental mismatch between where medical training posts are located and where patient need is greatest,’ argues Dr Sarah Logan, director of the RCP medical workforce and data insights unit in our latest blog taken from the RCP’s submission to the NHS England national medical training review.
News
11/06/25
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RCP appoints Dr Stella George as director of medical workforce data and insights team

Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology Dr Stella George has been appointed as the RCP's new director of the medical workforce data and insights team.
News
06/06/25
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RCP responds to publication of NHS England's urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26

The RCP has welcomed the publication of NHS England's urgent and emergency care plan.
News
06/06/25
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‘Getting older doesn’t have to mean getting sicker’: Professor Chris Whitty CMO highlights clinical leadership role of physicians during keynote speech to RCP 2025 annual conference, Med25

In a keynote speech to the RCP’s annual conference, Medicine 2025, Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, described the leading role physicians can play in the secondary prevention of ill-health while Karin Smyth MP, minister of state for secondary care, thanked RCP fellows and members for ‘holding the NHS together’.
News
05/06/25
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Resident doctors speak out: ‘Postgraduate training is outdated and unsustainable – it’s a patient safety issue’

From our next generation national survey: one in four respondents actively dissatisfied with medical training, almost a third don’t receive regular constructive feedback, only 17% think recruitment is fair, three in four want reform or abolition of rotational training.
Blog
04/06/25
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How the LED route helped me thrive in geriatric medicine

As part of our #NextGenPhysicians blog series, Dr Hannah Parker, a locally employed doctor (LED) in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine, reflects on the importance of wellbeing, continuity, and professional fulfilment after choosing a non-traditional route to specialist registration following her IMT stage 1 training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
News
04/06/25
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Royal College of Physicians and health organisations write to the UK Foreign Secretary about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The Royal College of Physicians is one of several Royal Colleges and health organisations to sign a joint letter to the Foreign Secretary, the Rt. Hon. David Lammy MP, urging action in Gaza.
News
02/06/25
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The voice of medicine: our latest snapshot survey

We want to know what you think about artificial intelligence, prevention of ill health and sustainability in healthcare.

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