The RCP has responded to a new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine indicating that 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across the UK to drive meaningful change and improvement.
A letter reminding employers to support doctors who contribute their time for the wider benefit of the health system has this week been sent to NHS chief executives and medical directors.
In response to a letter from NHS England to NHS Trust leaders on ‘enabling the workforce for elective recovery’, the RCP has once again called for clear plans, regularly reviewed, to increase recruitment and improve retention of staff.
The RCP has responded to MPs voting to remove Lords’ amendment 29 which would have required published independent assessments of current and future workforce numbers based on projected patient demand.
Secretary of state for health and social care Sajid Javid MP acknowledged that the NHS needs ‘more people at all levels’ in an interview with RCP president Dr Andrew Goddard on the first day Medicine 2022, the RCP’s annual conference.
As the Secretary of State said in his speech at our London building last week, the challenges facing the NHS today are significantly different from those in 1948.
