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Managing Multiple Medications

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Managing multiple medications

This toolkit aims to support clinicians caring for patients with multiple medications who are admitted to acute care. It outlines key presentations and complications of polypharmacy.

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A balancing act: managing multiple medications

This video explores the critical challenges of polypharmacy in acute settings and demonstrates how RCP's recently launched acute care toolkit on polypharmacy supports safer, more effective medication management.

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Upcoming webinars

Wednesday 2 July 2025: 5:00pm - 6:00pm.

From Data to Impact: The Power of Clinical Audit in the NHS

Clinical audit is a powerful tool for improving patient care, ensuring safety, and tackling unwarranted variation in practice.

This interactive webinar, in collaboration with the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), and clinical leads from national audits, will explore the science behind effective audit and its critical role in healthcare.

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Wednesday 23 July 2025: 3:30pm - 4:30pm.

Improving Medication Safety in Acute Care: A QI Approach to Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy is a growing challenge in acute care, particularly among older adults. Over 51% of older people are prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate medicine, yet fewer than 10% have a medicine stopped during hospital admission - and almost always only after harm has occurred.

This webinar utilises the Royal College of Physicians, Acute Care Toolkit, Managing Multiple Medications - developed to help clinicians identify inappropriate prescribing and support safe, timely deprescribing.

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Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025

We are thrilled to be relaunching the awards to recognise the excellent innovative work of our members and fellows to improve patient care through education, policy, clinical practice and research projects globally.

Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025

 

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Royal College of Physicians are launching the Medical Care - driving change improvement community and we’re keen for you to be part of it.

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Behind the paper

The "Behind the Paper" series provides thorough analyses of healthcare improvement projects. These stories underline how critical patient-centered care and cooperative quality improvement initiatives are. 

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Book club

Dr Josephina Price hosts our book club, which features discussions with writers on healthcare issues. Discussing end-of-life care, aging, and healthcare misinformation, former visitors include Dr Kathryn Manni and Dr Lucy Pollock

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Digital firsts

Digital First series explores how digital innovation is reshaping healthcare. It showcases tools, technologies, and training that support clinicians in delivering more efficient, and accessible care through digital solutions.

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Green stories

Green stories examines how healthcare professionals are including sustainability into clinical practice. Sharing real projects emphasises solutions to lowering environmental effect and enhancing patient outcomes.

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Initiatives

Welcome to Initiatives, where we drive positive transformation and elevate the quality of care across diverse sections. Explore our efforts in outpatients, digital transformation, urgent emergency care, health inequalities, patient safety, and more. Together, we aim to address key healthcare challenges and ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients and communities.

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