The RCP is calling for obesity to urgently be recognised as a disease by government and the broader health sector, and warning that until this happens its prevalence is unlikely to be reduced.
The RCP has issued its response to a review of the potential impact that the memorandum of understanding between the Home Office and NHS Digital might have on the health and healthcare-seeking behaviour of migrants.
Dr Paul Beckett, senior clinical lead at the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCS) explains why it takes so long for data on lung cancer patients to be reported.
Every so often hospital staff see patients literally chained to another person for much or all of their appointment. Radhika Holmström asks is this how prisoners’ healthcare is arranged, and how they get access to hospital?
The RCP is supporting moves to improve the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive to protect children from the advertising and marketing of alcohol and unhealthy foods.