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.
The government must put patient safety at the heart of the continued Brexit negotiations and invest in the health and care workforce, public health and prevention, a capital programme and social care provision.
Professor Andrew Goddard, president of the Royal College of Physicians said: “It is absolutely right that key access standards are reviewed periodically to check how effective they are for patients.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), along with seven other medical royal colleges and homeless charities, has called on the Government to urgently address the needs of homeless people treated in the NHS.
A new acute care toolkit from the Royal College of Physicians and the Society for Acute Medicine provides practical guidance for healthcare staff caring for pregnant women with an urgent medical problem like chest or heart pain, breathlessness or severe headache.