Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Cymru Wales has written today (22 February 2021) on behalf of the Welsh NHS Confederation health and social care policy forum to the first minister to call for a cross-government strategy for tackling wider health inequalities in Wales.

The RCP has welcomed publication of government plans for new NHS legislation in England, which would begin to be implemented in 2022 if passed into law.

Dr Sarah Clarke, RCP clinical vice president, sets out the RCP’s view on initial proposals for NHS legislation to deliver more integrated care.

The RCP has produced a resource in collaboration with the Society of Acute Medicine to support hospital doctors in improving the care and choices provided to people at the end of their life.

The RCP is very sorry to hear the news that due to the pressures on the NHS from the current COVID pandemic, IMT interviews are cancelled.

RCP’s medical director of publishing, Professor Anton Emmanuel, has been appointed as interim senior clinical lead for the NHS’s workforce race equality standard (WRES) programme.

The #PhysicianCensus provides the three Royal Colleges of Physicians with essential data that we use to lobby for changes, such as additional consultant posts and medical student places.

RCP publishes its latest census of consultants across the UK.

The Royal College of Physicians has added its voice to those calling on the government to allow universities to recruit extra medical students this year.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) responds to the speech delivered this morning at the RCP by Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who shared his vision for the future of healthcare.