Climate change is the biggest global threat to health and the need to act has never been clearer. From respiratory diseases to access to clean water, global warming is negatively affecting the health of people around the world.

Peer support can help staff cope with the stress that comes from their work. New guidance from the RCP and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) sets out the values, principles and practice of peer support, with an infographic that can be printed out and displayed locally.

The RCP has launched a fundraising appeal to help our members and the health service manage the response and longer-term consequences of the COVID19 pandemic.

We are putting a spotlight on our flagship leadership programmes, as you may be planning your own training, or training for others.

RCP Membership entitles you to a discount on most of our resources, find out more about membership here.

The RCP Chief Registrar Programme is a flagship leadership development programme for trainee doctors who are committed to quality improvement. 

Flexible portfolio training (FPT) is a new initiative within higher specialty training run by Health Education England and the Royal College of Physicians that protects 1 day a week (or 20% time equivalent) for professional development.

This project will develop standard headings and content definitions for referral communications from GPs to hospitals.

The RCP's Health Informatics Unit is working on behalf of the PRSB to carry out the Integrated Urgent Care project in order to define information recording and sharing requirements of integrated urgent care services.

Clinicians, public health specialists and researchers have developed draft information standards for recording alcohol and tobacco use in electronic health records.