The RCP responds to the Health Select Committee's inquiry on the priorities for health and social care in the negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

This submission identifies some of the work undertaken by Future Hospital Programme development sites to relieve the pressure on A&E departments this winter.

The National Audit Office has conducted a study focusing in particular on whether acute hospitals are minimising the delays through the older patient pathway.

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee explored key issues raised by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's (PHSO) 'A report of investigations into unsafe discharge from hospital', and the actions needed to address those issues.

The RCP believes that physicians and medical professionals have a key role to play not only in managing ill health, but also in supporting people to live healthier lives.