Last week, a draft national service specification for acute oncology services (AOS) was published for consultation by the Wales Cancer Network.

Indeg James and Dr Sioned Richards work in the intermediate care team in Carmarthen in west Wales.

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

This month’s guest blog comes from Dr Jamie Duckers, a consultant in cystic fibrosis and respiratory medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Here, he discusses recent Welsh government investment in ‘syndrome without a name’ (SWAN) clinics.

Ym mlog y mis yma, mae Dr Olwen Williams, is-lywydd RCP Cymru yn trafod arweinyddiaeth dosturiol ac yn annog cymrodyr ac aelodau i gwblhau cyfrifiad RCP 2022, cyn myfyrio ar gyfraniad enfawr meddygon SAS i weithlu’r GIG.

In this month’s blog, Dr Olwen Williams, RCP vice president for Wales discusses compassionate leadership and urges fellows and members to complete the 2022 RCP census, before reflecting on the huge contribution of SAS doctors to the NHS workforce.

RCP’s academic vice president Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam writes about a new position statement on ‘Making research everybody’s business’ which has been published today and the importance of embedding research in clinical practice.

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.

RCP Launchpad brings together information, tips and guidance into one resource to help new consultants and SAS doctors grow into excellent educators, trainers and autonomous medical practitioners.

Dr Olwen Williams, is-lywydd RCP Cymru yn amlygu ein hadroddiad newydd ar anghydraddoldebau iechyd yng Nghymru ac yn edrych ymlaen at gyffro ein seremoni aelodaeth Cymru 2022 a gynhelir ym mis Tachwedd.