Given the current workforce and financial issues facing the NHS, should physicians just concentrate on seeing as many patients as they can, as quickly as they can? Professor Namita Kumar says perhaps not.
Dr Rajendra Kumar Sinha, a retired consultant who worked in the NHS for 35 years, offers solutions to deep-rooted problems he finds in the medical ward round.
Following a public consultation, the government announced plans for a new system of consent for organ and tissue donation in England. The RCP has issued a statement outlining its position.
The RCP has submitted written evidence to the GMC working group that is looking into how gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide (in Scotland) are applied to medical practice.
Jeremy Hunt's keynote speech at Innovation in Medicine 2018 addressed the government's recent £20 billion funding announcement and strategies for a modern NHS service.
Mounting concerns for patient safety have been expressed by consultant physicians responding to the profession’s annual census, Focus on Physicians, published today.
RCP president Professor Dame Jane Dacre invited delegates at Innovation in Medicine 2018 to experience the full programme of events, sessions and debates that will be taking place over the next 2 days.