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18/12/25
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Respiratory bootcamp: closing the confidence gap

In this RCP next generation campaign blog, Dr Claire Froneman and Dr Emma Moore share how they developed a respiratory bootcamp at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, offering structured medical training that builds confidence and improves patient safety. The project was highly commended in the RCP’s virtual poster competition 2025.
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18/12/25
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The most wonderful time of the year: reflections on winter pressures, prevention and helping others

In a special end-of-year blog to celebrate the festive season, Dr Zuzanna Sawicka, RCP clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, reflects on the little things that we can all do to support each other and the NHS this winter. 
Blog
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.
News
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.
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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.
News
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.