Medical Care - driving change

We're an open access multi-disciplinary resource aiming to support the delivery and spread of improvements in healthcare and patient outcomes.

RCP President Sarah Clarke introduces Medical Care - driving change

We're the new multi-disciplinary resource for clinicians and their wider teams to support them in the delivery and spread of sustainable improvements.

PCN and Medical Care - driving change

Listen to Lynne Quinney, a member of the RCP patient and Carer network share her experience on Medical Care-driving change and how we can aid in improving patient care across the United Kingdom. 

Outpatient care strategy

The RCP and NHS England’s Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme are jointly working to develop a new strategy for outpatient care, setting out new ambitions and the actions we must take to see real change. Catch up on talks relating to this event. 

Webinar: Patients and PSIRF: Changing culture

Our speakers in this session are Dr Tracey Herlihey, head of patient safety incident response policy at NHS England and Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE, patient safety commissioner. They look at how PSIRF is changing the culture amongst healthcare workers, why we must listen to patients and what happens if we don’t.

Spotlight

Health inequality and transition

Video

Webinar: Health equity: from theory to implementation

Dr Ruw Abeyratne, Dr Guddi Singh and Dr Partha Kar discuss how health inequality affects patients with long term conditions.

Video

Health inequality: Transition from child to adult services

Dr Aicha Bouraoui, Dr Terry Segal and Debbie Wilson discuss the transition of young people to adult care.

Video

Health inequalities: Dr Aicha Bouraoui introduces September's theme

Our guest editor discusses her connection to this month's spotlight theme.

Video

The Inbetweeners: An NCEPOD report

A review of transition process of children and young people with complex chronic health conditions into adult health services.

Blog

Helena Clements: Transition of young people with complex disability to adult services

Optimising young people's care and supporting their families to provide care is important.

Blog

Ruw Abeyratne: Health Inequality: Why my business is your business

Health inequalities cost the NHS an estimated a year in hospital episodes alone. The broader economic cost is several multiples greater.

Reading

Supporting clinicians to address health inequalities in practice

The RCP has published the findings of a project to understand how it can support its members to address health inequalities in their practice.

Outpatient care strategy

The RCP and NHS England’s Outpatient Recovery and Transformation Programme are jointly working to develop a new strategy for outpatient care, setting out new ambitions for outpatient care and the actions we need to take to deliver real change.

Outpatient care strategy

CPD

Access CPD points by watching Medical Care - driving change webinars.

Explore the blog archive

Opinion from medical professionals, patients, caregivers, and individuals.

Webinar series

RCP and GIRFT frailty care

This webinar series looks at the challenges of frailty care across the patient pathway, from the acute setting to care in the community. It demonstrates that deconditioning and reconditioning are not just a challenge for the hospital setting.

Event

RCP Accreditation Unit network

Join us for our first ever network event in Liverpool. It's open to all services registered with our accreditation programmes, assessors and JETS and JETS Workforce users. 10 October 2023 11am-4pm.

Event

Implementing recommendations: shared insights to reduce claims in emergency medicine

NHS Resolution is hosting a face-to-face national emergency medicine conference on Monday 9 October 2023 9am - 4:45pm at the Royal College of Physicians.

Become an RCP member

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Our contributors

Patient and Carer Network (PCN) Chair

Eddie Kinsella

The PCN welcomes the creation of Medical Care - driving change and is pleased to help shape its' development from the outset.

Medical Care - driving change, Editor-in-chief

Dan Smith

The key aim for Medical Care - driving change is to share the whole story or journey of best practice - not just isolated examples and support implementation.

RCP Trainees committee representative

Dr Aicha Bouraoui

I am delighted to be a part of the Medical Care - driving change journey to bring people, clinicians and service users together, put our shared values into action and organise resources effectively to drive high-quality care for all.

RCP QI fellow

Dr David Green

One of the biggest challenges I face in QI work is trying to get an overarching view of what others are doing in my area of interest. I’m excited to watch people share and progress improvement work together. It’s a really great opportunity and I’m looking forward to it taking off.

Executive director of care, quality improvement, RCP

Sue Latchem

Medical Care - driving change creates a great opportunity to interact with learning from clinical teams. I encourage you all to be a part of it, whatever your clinical background.

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