The RCP has produced a resource in collaboration with the Society of Acute Medicine to support hospital doctors in improving the care and choices provided to people at the end of their life.
RCP president Professor Andrew Goddard has been appointed to the NHS' new NHS Assembly, a collaborative forum that will support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Dr John Dean, clinical director for quality improvement and patient safety, explains why in the NHS Long Term Plan, patient safety is everyone’s responsibility.
RCP vice president (education and training) Dr Emma Vaux discusses how the NHS Long Term Plan will help us train, educate, support and retain our workforce.
Honest conversations about dying need to begin with a broader understanding of what ‘end-of-life’ actually means, and practical steps to enable the conversations to take place, writes Bev Fitzsimons from the Point of Care Foundation