The RCP has responded to a Health and Social Care Committee oral evidence session into workforce and resilience in the NHS and social care.

Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Cymru Wales has written today (22 February 2021) on behalf of the Welsh NHS Confederation health and social care policy forum to the first minister to call for a cross-government strategy for tackling wider health inequalities in Wales.

The RCP has welcomed publication of government plans for new NHS legislation in England, which would begin to be implemented in 2022 if passed into law.

Consultant physician Dr Justyna Witczak discusses her career so far, the barriers to research in smaller hospitals, and the importance of protected time for clinical research.

Dr Sarah Clarke, RCP clinical vice president, sets out the RCP’s view on initial proposals for NHS legislation to deliver more integrated care.

Dr Ben Prudon, respiratory consultant at University Hospital of North Tees, reflects on the experience and impact of early involvement in the RECOVERY trial for patients with COVID-19.

The RCP is very sorry to hear the news that due to the pressures on the NHS from the current COVID pandemic, IMT interviews are cancelled.

The RCP has responded to the news of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine being approved for use in the UK.

Allyson Arnold, chief operating officer of the British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative, explains why this model can spur cardiovascular clinical research – and how clinicians can become involved.

RCP’s medical director of publishing, Professor Anton Emmanuel, has been appointed as interim senior clinical lead for the NHS’s workforce race equality standard (WRES) programme.