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Working party report
22/12/22
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National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2

NEWS2 is the latest version of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), first produced in 2012 and updated in December 2017, which advocates a system to standardise the assessment and response to acute illness.
Working party report
28/10/15
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Teams without Walls - The value of medical innovation and leadership

The intention of this document is to inform professions, policy makers and commissioners about the options available for moving care ‘closer to home’ and  to develop the concept of ‘Teams without Walls’.
Working party report
29/10/15
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Action on obesity: Comprehensive care for all

Obesity is an increasing and costly public health problem which is not being addressed by current services or policy. This report confronts the issues, and sets out how the NHS should adapt to meet the demands of an increasingly obese nation.
Working party report
26/10/15
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Exercise for life

RCP working party report on the use of exercise in the treatment and management of disease.
Working party report
27/10/15
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Oral feeding difficulties and dilemmas

A guide to practical care, particularly towards the end of life.
Working party report
19/02/19
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Clinical Service Accreditation Alliance (CSAA)

The Clinical Service Accreditation Alliance (CSAA) is a collection of colleges, professional bodies, regulators, commissioners and patients who have come together to standardise and improve the quality of healthcare service accreditation, ensuring accreditation is patient focused, leads to improvements in standards of care and places as small an administrative burden on the healthcare system as possible.
Working party report
09/05/18
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Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution

This report from the RCP and the RCPCH examines the impact of exposure to air pollution across the course of a lifetime.
Working party report
28/10/19
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Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction

This report provides an update on the use of harm reduction in tobacco smoking, in relation to all non-tobacco nicotine products but particularly e-cigarettes. It shows that, for all the potential risks involved, harm reduction has huge potential to prevent death and disability from tobacco use, and to hasten our progress to a tobacco-free society.
Policy statement
26/10/15
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Hospitals on the edge? The time for action

The RCP’s Hospitals on the edge? report sets out the magnitude of the challenges facing acute care services.
Policy statement
28/10/15
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The NHS: the doctors' view

In recent years, the work of physicians has become increasingly challenging, with an overstretched health and care system leading to pressure on hospitals.

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