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10 March 2016
Audit
Stroke Medicine
In 2008 the NSSA carried out an audit of 224 hospitals in Britain to find out whether hospitals had followed the Guideline. The information from each hospital was collected by the hospital staff themselves, then compared to previous audits to see whether stroke service organisation had improved or not over the different rounds of the audit.
28 October 2015
Working party report
Delivery of care
General practice
Hospitals
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’.
10 March 2016
Audit
Stroke Medicine
With the 7th biannual report the NSSA aimed to demonstrate that national audit can help improve the quality of stroke care in community hospitals by involving trusts across the country in large-scale audit that enables them to compare their results to the national data (Irwin et al 2005).
10 June 2021
Report
Medical Oncology
Respiratory Medicine
Smoking and tobacco
A report of the Royal College of Physicians on smoking in relation to cancer of the lung and other diseases.
6 January 2016
Report
Respiratory Medicine
Smoking and tobacco
This report includes 15 papers presented by leading experts to commemorate 50 years since the publication of the RCP Smoking and health report.
29 October 2015
Working party report
Obesity
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.
26 October 2015
Working party report
Sport and Exercise Medicine
Physical activity
RCP working party report on the use of exercise in the treatment and management of disease.
10 March 2016
Guidance
Stroke Medicine
The Royal College of Physicians has a number of resources to enable commissioners to make informed decisions about commissioning stroke services. In addition to this, the RCP runs a number of audit programmes in related services which will aim to inform commissioners about the services being provided by providers at the local level.
7 April 2017
Project information
The Improving Quality in Physiological Services programme (IQIPS) is a professionally-led accreditation programme encompassing a quality improvement pathway, followed by accreditation. IQIPS is formed on a set of standards developed by professional groups. Accreditation is awarded by United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
10 June 2019
Guidance
Hospitals
This guidance, jointly produced by the RCP and the Royal College of Nursing, sets out core recommendations and principles for best practice for conducting medical ward rounds.