The RCP in Wales has responded to the National Assembly for Wales Health, Social Care and Sport Committee inquiry into winter preparedness in Wales 2016-17.
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.
This briefing, produced before the Westminster Hall debate on 28 April 2016, explains why the RCP believes that digital patient records will benefit the NHS.
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.
The RCP'S briefing ahead of the second reading of Rob Marris MP's Private Members Bill Assisted Dying (No.2). Our position is based on the findings of the survey conducted with members and fellows in autumn 2014.
