Royal College of Physicians

Maintenance work to online services

The RCP IT team will be carrying out essential server maintenance this weekend, and some online services will be affected

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RCP launches new annual conference

A new flagship annual conference for the RCP will launch in early 2015 - designed to become the must-attend event of the year for physicians.

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Welcome to the Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians is an independent professional membership organisation and registered charity, representing over 29,000 physicians in the UK and internationally.

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Care comes to the patient: Future Hospital

A new report from the Future Hospital Commission recommends that in future, care should come to the acutely ill patient, rather than the patient being moved around the hospital.

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New acute care toolkit launched

Our new toolkit aims to improve the care of cancer patients admitted to hospital as an emergency with medical problems due to their cancer or their treatment.

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Clinical work

Acute care toolkits

A series of toolkits to improve care for patients and the working lives of doctors on acute medical units.

Clinical Commissioning Hub

Information to support the commissioning of secondary care services across the medical specialties.

National Clinical Guideline Centre (NCGC)

Guidelines across a broad range of clinical topics that aim to improve the quality of patient care.

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Find out more about our clinical standards work

From Commentary

Events

Medical conferences

2014
Full diary of RCP events

Wide selection of dates and locations
How to succeed in the specialties

10 March 2014, London
MRCP(UK) part 2 revision course

24-26 March 2014, London
Acute Medicine

30 April, Newcastle upon Tyne
Update in diabetes: new drugs, new technology, new models of care

5 June 2014, London
'Navigating the CESR route for SAS doctors' workshop

27 June 2014, London

Shop

RCP gifts and memorabilia are available from our online shop.

New Lasdun range, celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the opening of the RCP. Large cotton bag £12.00

Venue hire - museum

Visit or hire our award winning grade 1 listed London headquarters.

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Visit us for free and explore our museum, garden and architecture.

Find out more about the RCP museum and garden

RCP member? Book accommodation at the newly refurbished William Harvey House

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International

The RCP’s influence reaches beyond UK borders and we work internationally to deliver capacity building projects and consultancy services focusing on education, clinical standards and guideline development.

Our work spans high, middle and low income countries. Find out more about some of our projects in Africa and elsewhere here, and see how you can become involved.