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.

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

We often hear that end-of-life care is everyone's business, but Professor David Clark asks is it time for a reality check?

In an article from February's issue of Commentary magazine, Simon Bottery from The King's Fund explains why the social care system can't keep pace with increasing pressure.

Professor Jane Dacre RCP president comments on the need for more money in social care 

In a report out today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has raised significant concerns about the quality of investigation processes led by NHS trusts into patient deaths.

RCP president Professor Jane Dacre comments on the release of the King's Fund and Nuffield Trust joint report on social care for older people in England.