RCP at The Spine reached another milestone on Tuesday 21 January when Morgan Sindall Construction held a traditional topping out ceremony to mark reaching the top of the building.
One of the healthiest buildings in the world will open in Liverpool in 2021. The Spine, a new home for the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in partnership with Liverpool City Council, is designed to the internationally renowned WELL standard* to increase the health and wellbeing of people who wo
Professor Cheng-Hock Toh is the RCP’s academic vice president and the lead officer for RCP at The Spine. Originally from Malaysia, and having lived and worked in Liverpool for over 20 years, here he describes his feelings for Liverpool and its people.
The RCP is calling for obesity to urgently be recognised as a disease by government and the broader health sector, and warning that until this happens its prevalence is unlikely to be reduced.
Work has officially begun on The Spine – the RCP's new £35 million northern headquarters in Liverpool – following a recent ceremony to mark the breaking of the ground upon which it will be built.
The RCP is supporting moves to improve the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive to protect children from the advertising and marketing of alcohol and unhealthy foods.
The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), a coalition of 30 national health charities, medical colleges and campaign groups, yesterday welcomed the announcement in the Budget of a tax on the soft drinks industry.
