The Royal College of Physicians has appointed consultant in bariatric medicine, diabetes and endocrinology, Dr Kath McCullough as its new special adviser on obesity.   

The Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme provides a sense of pride, builds confidence and gives encouragement to trainees across the UK. The scheme not only underlines the value trainees bring to healthcare, but also fosters skills like public speaking and how to package information for diverse medical audiences.

This weekend the government announced a further delay to restrictions on multi-buy price promotions on foods high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS).

The Royal College of Physicians has welcomed a new two-year pilot which aims to explore ways to make obesity drugs more accessible to patients living with obesity outside of hospital setti

The Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme provides a sense of pride, builds confidence and gives encouragement to trainees across the UK.

In this blog, Dr Alex Phillips – 2020 Turner-Warwick lecturer for Wales – talks about her experience with the lecturer scheme as an internal medicine trainee (IMT) and how it’s inspired her career going forward.

In this blog, Dr Ken Baker – 2019 Turner-Warwick lecturer for the Northern region – talks about how the scheme for trainees helped him to stand out and still positively impacts his career today.

In this blog, Dr Ayodele Sasegbon – 2019 Turner-Warwick lecturer for the North Western region and overall winner for 2019 – speaks about his experiences with the RCP lecturer scheme and how it helped him finish his PhD thesis and beyond.

This scheme will appoint 14 trainee lecturers spanning the UK’s regions and nations, along with an overall winner.

The RCP has responded to the publication of the government’s National Food Strategy.