Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol comes into force today across Wales. It is designed to reduce the availability of very cheap, strong alcohol. Those in most need of help for alcohol problems are more likely to buy this very cheap alcohol and MUP aims to reduce the harm to this group.

An average drinker completing Dry January will have avoided the equivalent of 60 cigarettes (three packets) as far as cancer risk is concerned, according to estimates of the cancer risks of alco

RCP president Professor Dame Jane Dacre has called for a change in society’s perception of alcohol consumption to 'ensure public education reflects the risks' following a major study of the global burden of alcohol concluded that there was no healthy level of alcohol consumption.

The RCP this week submitted comments to an EU consultation on Ireland's proposed cancer warning label on alcohol bottles and cans, which highlights the direct link between alcohol and cancer.

Every so often hospital staff see patients literally chained to another person for much or all of their appointment. Radhika Holmström asks is this how prisoners’ healthcare is arranged, and how they get access to hospital? 

Developed by the National Guideline Centre at the RCP, NICE's updated guideline aims to improve the delivery of high-quality care for people with ADHD.

The RCP welcomes London mayor Sadiq Khan's announcement to begin the first of 50 'air quality audits' for primary schools in the worst polluted areas in London.

The RCP’s Professor Nick Sheron will join a meeting in Brussels to discuss how European countries can better protect children from alcohol marketing.

On Tuesday 31 January a key vote takes place in the European Parliament Public Health Committee on the latest revision of the EU Audi

This week our Health Informatics Unit launched a consultation on how alcohol and tobacco use is recorded in patient health records.