The Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK is calling on the consultant workforce to complete our Ward Rounds 2019 survey, which is used to influence government, support workforce planning, and contribute to national health policy.
The NHS announced plans to roll out the RCP's National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) in hospital trusts in order to identify patients at risk of clinical deterioration due to sepsis.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Royal College of Surgeons have welcomed NHS England's plans to pilot new NHS targets and measurements for cancer, emergency and planned treatment in England.
Almost 80% of hospital doctors say delays to transferring patients out of hospital is the main pressure point this winter, according to a poll conducted by the RCP.
The RCP and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine have called on the Welsh government to speed up their plans to invest in social and community care services.
The RCP welcomes the NHS Long Term Plan's focus on changing models of working but stresses the need to increase medical school places to alleviate burnout rate among doctors.
Measures to offer every smoker admitted to hospital help to quit, as recommended by the RCP in a 2018 report, will be introduced as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.
The RCP believes current NHS overseas visitor charging regulations are having a direct impact on individual health and have potential implications for public health.
Less than a third of doctors say they have been asked to take part in planning for winter, despite last winter being one of the worst on record for the NHS.
