As I was sitting down to write this column, many homes — including mine — were in the midst of school exam results season and the highs and lows that go along with it. Tensions were high in the Goddard household, and so we were grateful for the chance to take a break to sunny Wales.
Stephen Hammond, the health minister with responsibility for Brexit, gives an update on the government's preparations for a 'no deal' exit from the EU.
Following the publication of the RCP report 'Outpatients: the future', Professor Stephen Powis argues that the traditional model of outpatient care is no longer fit for purpose.
Uncertainty over the UK's immigration system after Brexit could leave the NHS spending up to half a billion pounds per year on international recruitment.
With the release of the government's first batch of guidance papers in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as well as a letter from health secretary Matt Hancock aimed at frontline staff and six technical documents, RCP president-elect Dr Andrew Goddard explains the wider ramifications and outlines the RCP's position on each.
In extracts from her final interview as president of the RCP, Professor Dame Jane Dacre talks to Commentary magazine about the future of the NHS, Bawa-Gaba, and dealing with former health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The RCP has a long history of campaigning to ensure that physicians are heard in government, and recent work with MPs continues to ensure doctors' voices are heard at the highest level.
RCP president Professor Dame Jane Dacre takes a look at the government's new Brexit white paper, explains what it tells us and asks what we still need to know.
