The pandemic has again highlighted the crucial role that EU and international staff play in UK health and social care services. Our colleagues who come to the UK from across the world must be and feel valued.
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.
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.
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.
