The RCP is calling on the consultant workforce to complete our Wellbeing 2018 survey, which is used to influence government, support workforce planning, and contribute to national health policy.
We simply need more doctors: the increase in medical school places is welcome, but these future doctors will not enter the workforce until 2023 at the earliest.
RCP president Professor Jane Dacre has written to chief executives and medical directors of NHS trusts with guidance on how to mitigate winter pressures.
Dr Chee-Seng Yee, consultant rheumatologist at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, offers advice on developing research activities.
The RCP Health Informatics Unit discusses the importance of outpatients letters and why it is important that it is brought together with the convenience of technology to create new standards for communication.
