Dr Hilary Williams, a consultant in medical oncology at Velindre Cancer Centre in south Wales, has been elected the next vice president for Wales at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

Last week, a draft national service specification for acute oncology services (AOS) was published for consultation by the Wales Cancer Network.

Indeg James and Dr Sioned Richards work in the intermediate care team in Carmarthen in west Wales.

This month’s guest blog comes from Dr Jamie Duckers, a consultant in cystic fibrosis and respiratory medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Here, he discusses recent Welsh government investment in ‘syndrome without a name’ (SWAN) clinics.

Ym mlog y mis yma, mae Dr Olwen Williams, is-lywydd RCP Cymru yn trafod arweinyddiaeth dosturiol ac yn annog cymrodyr ac aelodau i gwblhau cyfrifiad RCP 2022, cyn myfyrio ar gyfraniad enfawr meddygon SAS i weithlu’r GIG.

In this month’s blog, Dr Olwen Williams, RCP vice president for Wales discusses compassionate leadership and urges fellows and members to complete the 2022 RCP census, before reflecting on the huge contribution of SAS doctors to the NHS workforce.

In this blog, Dr Alex Phillips – 2020 Turner-Warwick lecturer for Wales – talks about her experience with the lecturer scheme as an internal medicine trainee (IMT) and how it’s inspired her career going forward.

Dr Olwen Williams, is-lywydd RCP Cymru yn amlygu ein hadroddiad newydd ar anghydraddoldebau iechyd yng Nghymru ac yn edrych ymlaen at gyffro ein seremoni aelodaeth Cymru 2022 a gynhelir ym mis Tachwedd.

RCP vice president for Wales, Dr Olwen Williams highlights our new report on health inequalities in Wales and looks ahead to the excitement of our 2022 Wales membership ceremony which will be held in November.

A new paper from the Welsh NHS Confederation Health and Wellbeing Alliance, in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), calls on the Welsh government to produce a cross-government plan to reduce poverty and tackle inequalities.