The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is supporting a campaign launched today to make tobacco manufacturers pay for measures needed to end smoking.

The RCP has responded to a report by the General Medical Council (GMC) titled Fair to Refer? It explores the disproportionate number of fitness to practise referrals of the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors made to the GMC.

A cross-party group of MPs have today released Delivering the vision of a ‘Smokefree Generation’, a report outlining a number of measures aimed at reducing smoking prevalence in the UK population to 5% or below.  

A major new report released today by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) calls for a radical change in the way the NHS treats smoking, by providing opt-out cessation services as a routine component of all hospital care.

RCP president Professor Jane Dacre responds to the release by the government of a new tobacco control plan for England.

Views are being sought through two online surveys to inform the development of proposed data standards for recording alcohol and tobacco use in electronic patient records.

A report published by the Royal College of Physicians and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland demonstrates that survival rates after major lung cancer surgery is improving.