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.

RCP academic vice president, Professor Cheng-Hock Toh, responds to Wellcome’s report on research post-Brexit.

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 Andrew Goddard responds to the results of the 2019 general election.

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.

In the run up to Brexit, we’ve written to the Prime Minister, along with 16 other health organisations, calling for healthcare to be at the heart of EU exit negotiations.

Uncertainty has been the theme of the past few months, as it became clear that the EU exit deal Theresa May’s government negotiated would not make it over the necessary parliamentary hurdles.

The RCP has responded to the 2018/19 Welsh government evaluation of health and care winter resilience 2018/19.

The RCP is taking the unusual step of writing to all MPs asking them to vote against the UK leaving the EU without an agreement, to protect patients.

Stephen Hammond, the health minister with responsibility for Brexit, gives an update on the government's preparations for a 'no deal' exit from the EU.