The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has appointed five new lay trustees and a lay observer to its board bringing a breadth of experience from numerous sectors including healthcare, corporate governance, finance, fundraising and technology.

Doctors across England are striking throughout the latter half of this month. 

The RCP is proud to celebrate 75 years of the National Health Service. Below is a roundup of RCP activity this week to mark the milestone. 

Guidance supporting clinical teams to improve care of older people living with frailty is now available, in a collaboration between the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme and the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), supported by the Royal College of Physicians.

This is a tragic situation and our first thoughts are with Emily Chesterton’s family.

This morning the Government published its long-awaited long term workforce plan for the NHS.

The British Medical Association yesterday announced that NHS consultants in England had voted in favour of industrial action. 

The RCP has appointed Dr Rasha Mukhtar to the post of senior examiner for PACES examinations.