Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, gave a speech earlier today at the Conservative party conference. Here is our response.

The RCP is creating a voluntary register to support and showcase our community of RCP fellows.

Dr Omar Mustafa has been appointed as the new RCP Global vice president. He takes over from Dr Mumtaz Patel, who began her new role as senior censor and vice president for education and training in August.

The Royal College of Physicians’ museum has launched its latest exhibition ‘Fortitude’ – a unique insight into the first-hand experiences of doctors and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction of the new PACES examination, originally scheduled for 2020, had to be delayed. We are pleased to confirm that the new format (also previously referred to as PACES23) has now been introduced from the third Diet of 2023*.

The Royal College of Physicians has issued a statement following the Liberal Democrat party conference in Bournemouth, welcoming a focus on the NHS, and commitments to ill health prevention and tackling health inequalities. 

The Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme provides a sense of pride, builds confidence and gives encouragement to trainees across the UK. The scheme not only underlines the value trainees bring to healthcare, but also fosters skills like public speaking and how to package information for diverse medical audiences.

The recent report of the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery made sobering reading for us all. The sad fact is that toxic behaviours have been tolerated for far too long in medicine. This is not a problem confined to surgery; as physicians, we must also shine a light on misogyny.

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to changes to the government's net zero policies, following the Prime Minister's announcement.

The Royal College of Physicians has responded to changes to the government's net zero policies, following the Prime Minister's announcement.