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30 June 2016
News
One of the rare 16th-century books displayed in the current RCP exhibition ‘Scholar, courtier, magician: the lost library of John Dee’ is the Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique by Johannes Trithemius (Paris, 1561).
25 October 2016
News
The winners of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Excellence in Patient Care Awards were announced at Medicine 2016, the RCP annual conference. The awards ceremony was a celebration of the impressive work of our membership and their dedication to delivering excellent patient-centred care.
6 April 2016
News
A new clinical guideline on preoperative tests is published today (6 April), which sets out best practice for healthcare professionals in the use of routine preoperative tests before elective surgery. It was commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and developed by the National Clinical Guideline Centre (NCGC) which is hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
29 March 2016
Press release
The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), a coalition of 30 national health charities, medical colleges and campaign groups, yesterday welcomed the announcement in the Budget of a tax on the soft drinks industry.
17 March 2016
News
On Tuesday 16 February, Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) hosted its very first patient engagement event at The Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The event was a valuable opportunity for ensuring that programme standards are based on patient centred evidence as well as clinical evidence, while bringing the focus back to patients and raising awareness of the IQIPS scheme among patient groups.
21 March 2016
Press release
Professor Jane Dacre's presidential welcome speech, presented on the 15 March 2016 at Medicine 2016.
24 March 2016
News
This small painting, a depiction of the Swiss geologist and meteorologist Jean-André de Luc (1727–1817), is an unlikely portrait to find in the RCP museum collection. De Luc was not a physician, but he was a fellow of the Royal Society at the same time as famed surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728–1793) and would have moved in the same circles.
1 April 2016
News
The two vainest presidents of the RCP, Sir William Browne (1692–1774) and Sir Henry Halford (1766–1844), currently find themselves sharing wall space in the Lasdun Hall. Installing Henry Glindoni’s painting in the exhibition ‘Scholar, courtier, magician: the lost library of John Dee’ has displaced the portraits that normally hang on the wall outside the Osler Room, resulting in some unusual pairings.
27 June 2016
News
The thirteenth report from the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) reveals today that 25 stroke services scored an overall ‘A’ score for the quality of care they provide for patients, demonstrating that a world class service is achievable.
29 November 2016
Press release
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' statement on the junior doctors dispute.