Our response to the Royal College of Physician's report, Future Hospital: Caring for medical patients
12 Sep 2013
In response to the Future Hospital Commission’s report, Candace Imison, Acting Director of Policy said:'We warmly welcome today's seminal report from the Royal College of Physicians. It sets out a model of care that puts the needs of the patient centre stage and drives new ways of working for clinicians working inside hospitals and in the community. If implemented the result could be a step change in the quality of care delivered to some of the most vulnerable users of the NHS.'It throws down the gauntlet to other professional bodies to provide equally imaginative and pat...
Source: The King's Fund - Press - September 12, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Our response to the Royal College of Physicians' report, Future Hospital: Caring for medical patients
12 Sep 2013
In response to the Future Hospital Commission’s report, Candace Imison, Acting Director of Policy said:'We warmly welcome today's seminal report from the Royal College of Physicians. It sets out a model of care that puts the needs of the patient centre stage and drives new ways of working for clinicians working inside hospitals and in the community. If implemented the result could be a step change in the quality of care delivered to some of the most vulnerable users of the NHS.'It throws down the gauntlet to other professional bodies to provide equally imaginative and pat...
Source: The King's Fund - Press - September 12, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
RPS initial response to the Future Hospital Commission report
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has responded to the Future Hospital Commission report published today by the Royal College of Physicians
The RPS recognises the significance of the report of (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - September 11, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Royal college to say hospital reconfiguration is 'inevitable'
Reconfiguration of hospital services is “inevitable” if better standards of hospital care are to be achieved, a major Royal College of Physicians report is expected to say. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 10, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Give GPs hospital board posts, says RCP
GPs should be handed roles on hospital boards as part of the NHS response to the Francis inquiry, according to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - September 3, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
RCP pledges action on Francis and backs new criminal offences
The head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ it backs the idea of new criminal offences for the abuse and neglect of NHS patients. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
HSJ Live: 03.09.2013 Health unions challenge lobbying bill
The Royal College of Physicians responds to the Francis report, health unions speak out against the lobbying bill and the rest of the days news and comments (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Sir Michael Stoker obituary
Director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories who turned the ICRF into a world-renowned organisatonSir Michael Stoker, who has died aged 95, was an outstanding cell biologist and a pioneer in the use of mammalian cells grown in the laboratory for the study of cancer. He also, in his characteristically unassuming way, had a major influence on the development of biomedical research in Britain through his involvement in many scientific organisations, especially as director of research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now subsumed into Cancer Research UK).In the early 1950s, as a lecturer in pathology at Camb...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 27, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Walter Bodmer Tags: The Guardian Obituaries Biology Medical research Cancer Medicine Science Source Type: news
National Training Course in Thyroid Ultrasound and FNAC for Clinicians
The National Training Course in Thyroid Ultrasound and FNAC for Clinicians will take place on 5 December 2013 in London.
This popular one-day course is an essential part of the national training scheme for certification in the use of ultrasound in the management of thyroid diseases by nonradiologists. The curriculum for training and certification for neck ultrasound by non-radiologists has been drawn up jointly by the British Thyroid Association and the Royal College of Radiologists. The programme is supported by the Society for Endocrinology and approved by the Royal College of Physicians from whom CPD has been approved....
Source: Society for Endocrinology - August 19, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Montreal physician is new international president of MSF
Montreal physician Joanne Liu has been elected president of the international board of the humanitarian medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She will take up her position at MSF’s international office in Geneva in October.
Democratic Republic of Congo © MSFPhysician Joanne Liu is the new president of the international board of MSF.
Liu’s humanitarian career with MSF started in 1996, when she worked with Malian refugees in Mauritania. Since then, her work with MSF has taken her to humanitarian crisis situations around the world. She assisted victims of the earthquake and cholera epidemic in Hai...
Source: MSF News - July 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: NEWS Frontpage Source Type: news
Weinblatt Inducted as a Fellow to the Royal College of Physicians
Michael Weinblatt, MD, John R and Eileen K Riedman Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and a senior physician in BWH's Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Division , was inducted as a fellow into the Royal College of Physicians in London. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - July 16, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Samuel Leonard Simpson travelling fellowships in endocrinology
Applications are invited for the Samuel Leonard Simpson fellowships in endocrinology. Their purpose is to enable endocrinologists to learn new techniques and acquire new experiences, ideas and stimulation through travel and the exchange of ideas. In doing so they will honour the name of Dr Samuel Leonard Simpson, a pioneer of British endocrinology.
Applications will be considered from suitably qualified people in the UK wishing to make visits abroad, or from those abroad wishing to visit the UK. Up to £8,000 is available, which may be awarded to one or more candidates.
The deadline for applications is 1 Septemb...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - June 17, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
AUDIO: Secondhand smoke harming children
More than 800 children visit their doctor every day due to the serious effects of secondhand smoke, according to research published by the Royal College of Physicians. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tobacco Harm Reduction Affected By GP's Belief That Nicotine Is A Harmful Cigarette-Smoke Component
A survey of GPs (general practitioners) in the UK and Sweden revealed that some hold the view that one of the greatest health risks from smoking is nicotine. This belief likely influences health advice to smokers when considering whether to recommend the use of alternative nicotine products. Nicotine is the addictive component of tobacco smoke, but unlike some other constituents of tobacco smoke, it is not carcinogenic and according to the UK Royal College of Physicians, 'medicinal nicotine is a very safe drug... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
