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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.

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New national report reveals critical gaps in asthma and COPD care

The National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP) hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published Catching our breath: time for change in respiratory care.

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RCP responds to June 2025 NHS England performance figures

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to the latest NHS England performance figures. 

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RCP statement on Air India crash

RCP president, Dr Mumtaz Patel, said: ‘We are devastated by the air crash in India today and the many lives it has claimed. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this tragic incident.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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’.

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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.