The Health and Social Care Select Committee has today published the report from its inquiry into workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care. 

The RCP has set out principles against which it will assess any proposals to create more flexible routes to studying medicine and becoming a doctor. 

The Parliamentary health and social care committee has published the first report of its inquiry into the government’s proposals for the reform of health and social care.

The Queen's Speech, delivered earlier today, provided the UK government with an opportunity to highlight its priorities for the months ahead. Here, RCP president Andrew Goddard and RCP special adviser on obesity Professor Rachel Batterham offer their responses to it.

‘NHS workforce planning: the case for transparency and accountability’ sets out the RCP’s view on expanding medical school places and establishing transparent processes to ensure the NHS has sufficient workforce.  

As the country edges its way back towards normality, many doctors fear the NHS will take years to recover.

The RCP has responded to the IPPR's report ‘Recover, Reward, Renew’, warning that one in four healthcare staff may leave the NHS in England due to the pressures of the pandemic.

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking views on proposals to reform the regulation of healthcare professionals, including the statutory regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs).

The RCP has responded to NHS Confederation's report warning that there is a risk that thousands of NHS staff will leave unless they are given the time and space to recover from the pandemic.

In March 2020, Dr Kate Edwards, a former RCP chief registrar, found herself in the eye of the COVID-19 storm. As the RCP publishes its updated manifesto calls ahead of the 2021 Senedd election in Wales, she reflects on how she and colleagues rose to the challenge during the pandemic.