In this senior officer blog feature, the RCP’s academic vice president Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam discusses climate change and sustainability in healthcare.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) had a strong presence at the 2023 party conferences, engaging with sector stakeholders and key decision makers from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and Plaid Cymru.
The Royal College of Physicians has responded to the latest NHS performance data, which reveals the total waiting list for treatment has reached another record high.
The government has launched a public consultation on youth vaping as part of a series of measures proposed by the the Prime Minister to create a 'smoke-free generation'.
Responding to Wes Streeting, Labour's Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary’s speech at the Labour party conference, Dr Sarah Clarke, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said:
The three UK royal colleges of physicians have launched the latest in a series of joint briefing papers calling on assembly members to return to Stormont, form a new Executive and approve a multi-year budget for health and care.
A survey published in RCP's Clinical Medicine journal has revealed that almost a third of people experiencing homelessness and occupying beds in London hospitals in February 2022 were healthy enough to leave, but their discharges were delayed because they had nowhere to go.
The Royal College of Physicians has responded to Labour's plans to cut waiting lists through measures including investing an extra £1.1 billion to provide NHS staff overtime to work evening and weekend shifts to carry out procedures.
