The RCP’s submission to the Spring Budget 2017 calls upon the government to make additional provision for the NHS, social care and public health initiatives.
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's response to the Health Select Committee's invite for submissions on the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on health and social care.
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.
This NICE guideline covers preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections in children, young people and adults in primary and community care settings.