Given the current workforce and financial issues facing the NHS, should physicians just concentrate on seeing as many patients as they can, as quickly as they can? Professor Namita Kumar says perhaps not.

Dr Rajendra Kumar Sinha, a retired consultant who worked in the NHS for 35 years, offers solutions to deep-rooted problems he finds in the medical ward round.

Following a public consultation, the government announced plans for a new system of consent for organ and tissue donation in England. The RCP has issued a statement outlining its position.

The RCP has submitted written evidence to the GMC working group that is looking into how gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide (in Scotland) are applied to medical practice.

The NHS spends millions on translators and interpreters. Why are these services are needed in hospitals, and what do they offer?

RCP president Professor Dame Jane Dacre discusses the General Medical Council's (GMC's) initial findings from its annual national training surveys. 

Dr David Nicholl discusses what effect the case of Dr Bawa-Garba has had on reflective practice

Jeremy Hunt's keynote speech at Innovation in Medicine 2018 addressed the government's recent £20 billion funding announcement and strategies for a modern NHS service.  

Mounting concerns for patient safety have been expressed by consultant physicians responding to the profession’s annual census, Focus on Physicians, published today. 

Focus on physicians: the report for the 2017–18 census of the consultant physician and higher specialty trainee (HST) workforces in the UK launches on Tuesday 26th June 2018. Please check back then to view the key findings and download the report