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24/09/26
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RCP Cymru Wales welcomes Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) report

The RCP has welcomed the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) Annual Report 2025–2026, published today. The report highlights the continued dedication of healthcare staff across Wales, while identifying persistent challenges including access to care, patient flow, workforce pressures, and the suitability of some healthcare environments that continue to affect the quality, safety and experience of care.
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23/09/26
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RCP welcomes Health Foundation call for long-term workforce planning

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has welcomed a new report from the Health Foundation’s NHS Productivity Commission, which highlights the need for long-term workforce planning, improved retention and investment in training to support NHS productivity and patient care.
Blog
22/09/26
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The next generation of specialists need time to become experts

Developing the next generation of medical specialists requires more than simply increasing training numbers, argues Professor David Sanders, president-elect of the British Society of Gastroenterology. He highlights the importance of giving doctors the time, support and opportunities they need to develop expertise, confidence and specialist skills, ensuring patients benefit from a highly skilled consultant workforce for decades to come.
News
18/09/26
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Hip fracture care shaped by where you live, latest national audit report finds

A patient's chances of surviving a hip fracture can depend more on the hospital where they are treated than their age, sex, ethnicity or socioeconomic background, according to a new National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) report. It also highlights a need for more universal provision of care to be provided by fracture liaison services, calling on hospitals and other parts of the healthcare system to work more closely together to prevent secondary hip fractures.
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17/09/26
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RCP responds to regulations for 2027 specialty training recruitment

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has responded to confirmation that immigration status, rather than significant NHS experience, will continue to be used to prioritise applicants for specialty training interviews and places from 2027.
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17/09/26
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RCP hosts Meet your president session for members

RCP members and fellows joined our latest Meet your president event to share their experiences of working in today’s NHS and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the medical profession.
News
11/09/26
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RCP welcomes £1.5bn NHS investment but warns heat resilience must be a long-term priority

The Royal College of Physicians has welcomed yesterday's announcement of over £1.5 billion being invested to help the NHS withstand year-round pressure, including £32 million specifically for cooling and ventilation projects to strengthen hospitals' resilience to extreme heat.
News
10/09/26
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‘The pipeline will run dry’: government clinical trial ambitions at risk as clinical academic careers in decline, warn RCP

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling for urgent action to safeguard clinical academic careers, warning that government ambitions to expand patient access to clinical trials will be at risk unless the doctors who design and deliver the research are better supported.
News
08/09/26
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RCP-hosted Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy marks 15 million endoscopy procedures recorded since 2015

More than 15 million endoscopy procedures have now been captured through the National Endoscopy Database since 2015, according to a new annual report from the Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy (JAG), which is hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). With more than 2.3 million procedures recorded in 2025 and over 530 sites now contributing data, the report highlights JAG's growing impact on quality improvement, training and accreditation across the UK and Ireland.