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RCP, BGS and RCPE call on Lord Darzi to ensure effective care for older people

The Royal College of Physicians, British Geriatrics Society and Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh have written to Lord Darzi as he undertakes his review of health and social care for the new government.

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RCP Manifesto for medicine – a healthier nation with access to excellent care

Ahead of the 2024 general election, the Royal College of Physicians has published a manifesto setting out five priority areas where the next UK government must take action.

Policy

E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a new report that looks at the part e-cigarettes can play in preventing death, disability and inequalities from tobacco use.

Briefings

More than a career

RCP Cymru Wales has published a new briefing paper that sets out the detailed Welsh findings from the 2022 UK census of consultant physicians.

Policy

The RCP view: Hospital at Home and virtual wards

There has been considerable publicity and discussion from the NHS and UK government and in the media about the potential of ‘virtual wards, including Hospital at Home’ to alleviate current pressures on the NHS. It is important that professionals, patients and the public have a clear and balanced understanding of the terminology, and of the immediate and future benefits and risks of Hospital at Home and virtual wards.

RCP View On Health Inequalities

RCP view on health inequalities: a call to action for a cross-government strategy

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a new policy paper reiterating calls for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities.

The Doctors Behind The Debate

The doctors behind the debate

The three UK royal colleges of physicians have launched the latest in a series of joint briefing papers calling on assembly members to return to Stormont, form a new Executive and approve a multi-year budget for health and care.

Doctors in hospital

An open letter to the medical profession in Wales

It is with a heavy heart that we write this. In a week when it was reported that female surgeons in the NHS are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases raped by colleagues, it has become clear that in some corners of the world, even in our own beloved Wales, these behaviours are not only accepted, they are justified and even forgiven.

Doctors in hospital

Llythyr agored i’r proffesiwn meddygol yng Nghymru

Rydym yn ysgrifennu hyn gyda chalon drom. Mewn wythnos pan gafwyd adroddiadau bod menywod sy’n llawfeddygon yn y GIG yn dioddef aflonyddu rhywiol, ymosodiadau rhywiol, ac mewn rhai achosion yn cael eu treisio gan gydweithwyr, mae wedi dod yn amlwg bod yr ymddygiadau hyn yn cael eu derbyn, a hyd yn oed yn cael eu cyfiawnhau a’u hesgusodi mewn rhai rhannau o’r byd – hyd yn oed yng Nghymru annwyl.