At the end of 2017, Health Education England, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Public Health England, the Care Quality Commission, NICE and the Department of Health published a draft health and care workforce strategy for consultation.

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 in Wales has responded to the National Assembly for Wales Health, Social Care and Sport Committee inquiry into primary care in Wales. 

The RCP in Wales has responded to the National Assembly for Wales External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee inquiry into the implications for Wales of Britain exiting the European Union. 

The RCP in Wales has responded to the National Assembly for Wales Health, Social Care and Sport Committee inquiry into medical recruitment. 

The RCP in Wales has responded to the National Assembly for Wales Health, Social Care and Sport Committee inquiry into the sustainability of the health and social care workforce in Wales.

This NICE guideline covers preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections in children, young people and adults in primary and community care settings.

Sedation in under 19s: using sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures offers evidence-based advice on the care and treatment of children and young people under the age of 19 having sedation for therapeutic or diagnostic procedures. This guideline was previously called Sedat

This guideline covers assessing chest pain of recent onset in people aged 18 and over, and diagnosis of the conditions that cause it.

This guideline focuses on managing varicella zoster virus (chicken pox and shingles) in the workplace, providing evidence-based guidance for occupational health professionals.