A report published today by the GMC highlights changing approaches to work-life balance and career development among doctors which impact on UK health services’ ability to plan for patient demand.
In the latest issue of the RCP's membership magazine, Commentary, RCP president Professor Andrew Goddard interviews Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Experts from 13 national bodies, including the Royal College of Physicians, have joined forces to launch new practical guidance around valproate use in women and girls.
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.
Every so often hospital staff see patients literally chained to another person for much or all of their appointment. Radhika Holmström asks is this how prisoners’ healthcare is arranged, and how they get access to hospital?
RCP president Professor Jane Dacre has commented on the report published by the House of Lords select committee on the long-term sustainability of the NHS.
Arvind Rajasekaran, clinical lead at Future Hospital development site Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, outlines how collaborative working with general practice colleagues and local information sharing is saving money, and improving care and outcomes for patients.
