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14/05/25
Nextgenphysicians

What two years in the NHS taught me about geriatric medicine

Dr Saumya Darshani Guruge, a specialty registrar in geriatric medicine, joined the NHS in December 2022 as part of her postgraduate medical training from Sri Lanka. Over the course of 2 years, she worked at University Hospital Lewisham (UHL) and Hereford County Hospital (HCH) under the Medical Training Initiative (MTI) Programme, gaining invaluable experience in geriatric care within the UK healthcare system. In this piece – part of our #NextGenPhysicians blog series – Saumya reflects on the challenges, lessons and inspirations from her time in the NHS, and how they will shape her future contributions to geriatric medicine in Sri Lanka.
Blog
14/05/25
Environment Collage

The RCP’s commitment to sustainability and climate action

By Catherine Powell and Tom Baker, interim chief executive officers, Royal College of Physicians.
Blog
21/04/25
NHS Confederation Health And Well Being Alliance

Camau gweithredu i gefnogi cadw’r gweithlu yng Nghymru

Y mis hwn, mae ein his-lywydd dros Gymru, Hilary Williams, yn blogio am bolisi newydd i fynd i’r afael â diogelwch rhywiol a bwlio mewn meddygaeth, cynhadledd Wanwyn Plaid Cymru, a chamau gweithredu i fynd i’r afael â chadw ein gweithlu.
Blog
21/04/25
NHS Confederation Health And Well Being Alliance

Actions to support workforce retention in Wales

This month our vice president for Wales, Hilary Williams, blogs about a new policy to tackle sexual safety and bullying in medicine, Plaid Cymru’s spring conference, and actions to address retention of our workforce.
Blog
07/04/25
720 × 500 Px

Inspiring the next generation of physicians: The South-West IMT recruitment event

As part of our #NextGenPhysicians blog series, Dr Nicola Maddox, former associate college tutor (ACT) and current ST4 in medical microbiology, shares how she helped tackle recruitment challenges in internal medicine by launching the South-West IMT recruitment event. What started as a small local initiative has grown into a thriving regional programme, inspiring medical students and resident doctors to pursue careers in internal medicine, and helping to shape the future of the medical workforce.
Blog
01/04/25
Corridor Bed

Supporting clinicians to manage corridor care

As part of the Royal College of Physicians' (RCP) efforts to eliminate corridor care, Dr John Dean, clinical vice president, discusses the RCP’s recent guidance for clinicians and sets out what government must do to eliminate the practice.
Blog
15/03/25
Doctor in busy hospital

Gwrando gyda bwriad – Rheol Martha i Gymru

Mis yma, ein blogiwr gwadd Dr Chris Subbe, meddyg ymgynghorol acíwt ym Mangor, sy’n trafod pwysigrwydd ‘gwrando gyda bwriad’ ac a oes angen Rheol Martha yng Nghymru.
Blog
15/03/25
Doctor in busy hospital

Listening with intent - Martha's Rule for Wales

This month, our guest blogger is Dr Chris Subbe, an acute consultant physician in Bangor, who discusses the importance of ‘listening with intent’ and whether we need a Martha’s Rule for Wales.
Blog
12/02/25
Doctors working together

Modelling the medical specialty workforce – considerations for the 2025 iteration of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

In this write-up of the RCP medical specialty workforce roundtable in November 2024, Dr Sarah Logan, director of the RCP’s Medical Workforce Unit, sets out the themes around future demand for the medical specialty workforce. These must be considered in the 2025 iteration of the NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan as part of mapping future medical specialty postgraduate places.

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