On World No Tobacco Day, the Royal College of Physicians has responded to Cancer Research UK analysis that estimates that tobacco causes the death of one person every five minutes in the UK.  

On World No Tobacco Day, the Royal College of Physicians has responded to Cancer Research UK analysis that estimates that tobacco causes the death of one person every five minutes in the UK.

Dyma Dr Olwen Williams yn myfyrio ar gynhadledd flynyddol lwyddiannus arall ar gyfer yr RCP, yn tynnu sylw at y gwaith sy’n cael ei wneud gan y tîm Gofal meddygol - ysgogi newid, ac yn mynegi pryder am gyffredinrwydd rhywiaeth ym maes meddygaeth.

Dr Olwen Williams reflects on another successful annual conference for the RCP, flags the work being done by the Medical care – driving change team, and expresses concern about the prevalence of sexism in medicine.

In this blog, taken from the RCP Cymru Wales report, Cancer at the front door, Dr Gwenllian Mair Davies, clinical lead for palliative medicine in Swansea, Dr Gemma Lew

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.