Enquiry FAQs

This page has general information about membership and fellowship of the RCP: RCP membership – FAQs | RCP London

Have a specific question about your membership? Email membershipqueries@rcp.ac.uk

Please see this page of the RCP website for information on the RCP’s COVID-19 activities, advice and contact details for further enquiries:

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/rcp-and-covid-19

To register to use the online CPD diary complete and return the CPD registration form. The form and additional information can be accessed on the CPD diary homepage:

http://cpd.rcplondon.ac.uk/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

For further CPD diary questions please contact the CPD team: cpd@rcp.ac.uk

For queries about RCP library services, including Athens accounts, literature searches and document  delivery, please email library@rcp.ac.uk

For queries about RCP e-learning modules please email elearning@rcp.ac.uk

You can visit Inspiring Physicians to search our biographical information online and use our guide on searching family history to help you with your medical family research

If you wish to update or write and obituary for Inspiring Phsyicians please see our webpage for authors and contributors.

Before posts are advertised medical staffing departments should send job descriptions for consultant and specialty doctor posts to their local RCP regional office for comments or advice. You can find your regional office contact details via this link:

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/about-rcp/whos-who/rcp-uk-regional-network

For queries about RCP events, including cancellations due to COVID-19, please use the contact details provided on the event listing: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/events

The RCP offers both print and digital advertising for its two medical journals Clinical Medicine and Future Healthcare Journal, and its membership magazine Commentary. For more information (including rates and contact details) please see:

https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/advertising-rcp-publications

To change your RCP journal mailing preferences, including cancellation of postal copies of College Commentary, you can opt out when you log into your MyRCP account or by emailing membershipqueries@rcp.ac.uk

For submissions to RCP journals, including Clinical Medicine, please see the RCP Journals website: https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/submit-clinical-medicine

Please contact the relevant team for the system login you require help with:

• CPD diary: cpd@rcp.ac.uk
• MyRCP (RCP website): membershipqueries@rcp.ac.uk
• RCP Athens (ebooks & ejournals): library@rcp.ac.uk
• MRCP(UK): http://www.mrcpuk.org/contact-us
• Elearning module: elearning@rcp.ac.uk
• Trainee (JRCPTB) eportfolio: eportfolioteam@jrcptb.org.uk

The Royal College of Physicians is a professional body aiming to improve the quality of patient care by continually raising medical standards. We are not able to provide a patient referral service nor can we recommend consultants to patients. We would advise patients to consult their general practitioner for referral to a specialist. If appropriate, GPs should be able to arrange appointments for a second opinion either by another GP or a hospital doctor.

Patients wishing to identify and contact a specialist or consultant directly may refer to NHS Choices consultant guide. This is a free online database, which can be searched by specialty and postcode:

www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Hospital/LocationSearch/8/Consultants

To verify that doctors are licensed to practice, check the General Medical Council register, which can be freely consulted online. The register includes details of specialist qualification.

https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register

The Faculty of Physician Associates works under the auspices of the Royal College of Physicians. The Faculty is responsible for organising certification and recertification examinations for physician associates and accrediting university programmes.  For further information please see the FPA website: http://www.fparcp.co.uk/ or email FPA@rcp.ac.uk

• For RCP sponsorship of your GMC registration via the Medical Training Initiative please see this page of the RCP website for information and contact details: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/education-practice/advice/medical-training-initiative
   
• For qualified doctors seeking GMC registration via the CESR route please see the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board website for guidance: https://www.jrcptb.org.uk/training-certification/routes-register

• For verification of the MRCP(UK) or SCE qualifications please follow the process outlined on the MRCP(UK) website: https://www.mrcpuk.org/mrcpuk-examinations/verification
   
• For verification of the FRCP post-nominal please contact the RCP Membership team: membershipqueries@rcp.ac.uk