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

A report published today by the GMC highlights changing approaches to work-life balance and career development among doctors which impact on UK health services’ ability to plan for patient demand.

In the latest issue of the RCP's membership magazine, Commentary, RCP president Professor Andrew Goddard interviews Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Experts from 13 national bodies, including the Royal College of Physicians, have joined forces to launch new practical guidance around valproate use in women and girls.

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.  

Measures to offer every smoker admitted to hospital help to quit, as recommended by the RCP in a 2018 report, will be introduced as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

The RCP welcomes the release of the Taskforce for Lung Health's 5-year plan to improve the UK’s lung health and the lives of people living with lung disease.

Presidents of the medical royal colleges, the chair of council of the RCGP, and over 800 doctors, health professionals and academics are calling on NHS England to ensure that tobacco dependence treatment is provided for every smoker cared for by the NHS, as part of the long-term plan.

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.