The RCP's response to the Professional Standards Authority’s consultation on the professional duty of candour.

The RCP’s response calls on the government to introduce a positive and welcoming migratory system for doctors to ensure a sustainable and safe NHS.

The RCP has outlined the existing workforce challenges faced by the NHS, its reliance on recruitment from overseas and our concerns for the UK to attract physicians to the NHS in the future.

This briefing was prepared ahead of an adjournment debate on Thursday 21 July 2016 to discuss staffing levels in Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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.