Last week was Deaf Awareness Week and in this article neurology registrar Dr Helen Grote explains how healthcare professionals can help patients with deafness or hearing loss.

Dr Michael Fitzpatick, Dr Matthew Roycroft and Dr Gareth Hynes (RCP Trainees Committee) explore how to achieve a ‘new normal’ for physician training in the time of COVID-19.

Dr Rob Skelly, consultant physician at Royal Derby Hospital, explains the links between Parkinson’s disease and gambling addiction and how physicians can best support patients.

RCP registrar Professor Donal O’Donoghue looks at what lies ahead as plans to reboot and reshape the NHS take shape.

Junior doctor Fredrika Collins talks about what happened when she became stranded abroad in a national lockdown as a result of COVID-19.

Claire Alajooz, senior physician associate, reflects on the privilege of treating NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore.

Read our blog on increasing uptake of video consultations by Hugh McCaughey (NHS England and NHS Improvement) and David Probert (chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust).

Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS) passed away on 10 April 2020 at the University of Ghana Medical Centre after contracting COVID-19. It was confirmed that he did have an underlying condition.

Discovering she was autistic helped make sense of everything for Dr Mary Doherty (@autisticdoctor). She describes the joys of building a community of autistic doctors.

Dr Olwen Williams shares her thoughts on her first term as RCP vice president for Wales.