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In this video, Dr Hugh Rayner, retired consultant nephrologist, talks with Maya Anaokar, member of RCP’s patient and carer network (PCN), former head of communications and marketing for The Patients Association, about communication with patients in the NHS and recently appointed account director with Blue Lozenge.

In this webinar, Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Antonia Field-Smith along with an expert group, introduce their new communication guide, ‘talking about uncertain recovery’, in collaboration with the RCP. In their conversation with our editor-in-chief, Dr Dan Smith, they will share experiences and tips from their clinical practice to facilitate conversations around uncertain recovery, with an opportunity for questions from the audience.

In this video, John talks through the innovative machine learning techniques used at the Health Equity Evidence Centre to help navigate the growing number of health inequalities research publications.

Sander van der Linden is a professor of social psychology at the University of Cambridge. He studies the psychology of social influence, risk, human judgment, and decision-making and is the author of Financial Times Best Book of the Year 2023, ‘Foolproof’. In this interview, host Dr Josephina Price talks with Sander about the book, his research, and how misinformation can affect healthcare.

In this Medical Care - driving change webinar in collaboration with the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ). Medical Care – driving change hosted a live debate on FHJ’s recent article: Will AI replace clinical decision making in our lifetimes?

In this interactive webinar, you’ll hear from Rory Cellan-Jones, former BBC journalist and technology correspondent; Dr Anne Kinderlerer, digital health clinical lead at the RCP; Dr Hugh Rayner, retired consultant physician and nephrologist, and Dr Charlotte Sharp, consultant rheumatologist. The panel will be discussing current practice with communicating with patients, the future of written communications and the role of AI. With an opportunity for questions from the audience.

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) recently release its clinical statement on chronic cough in adults, which includes a number of clinical practice points of interests to health professionals working in both primary and secondary care. Visit the page below for more information.

Mr. John Isherwood reviews barriers to achieving a net zero NHS, focusing on sustainability in surgery. His team analysed regional green plans and found varying adherence to NHS sustainability goals.

Dr Dan Smith speaks with Mr. John Isherwood, a consultant surgeon and representative of the Clinical Senate in the Midlands. They discuss the role of Clinical Senates, which are independent NHS bodies providing strategic advice to stakeholders on healthcare matters.

This video dives into the Future Healthcare Journal’s paper "Moving Beyond the AI Sales Pitch. The discussion focuses on how clinical AI should support and not replace clinicians. Focusing on safety, trust, and practical issues around AI implementation in healthcare.

Book club is hosted by first-year doctor, Dr Josephine Price, and the guest is Dr Kathryn Mannix, retired palliative care doctor and author of ‘With the end in mind’.

Looking at transforming outpatient services is increasing the use of data to guide decision-making.

In this video, a collection of perspectives and insights to accompany the FHJ edition are explored. Focusing on artificial intelligence in healthcare, by examining the patient's perspective on AI in health.

Dr. Wakana Teranaka is a medical professional who served as a chief registrar at Homerton Hospital in 2023-2024. In this role, she was involved in leading the implementation of the "Call for Concern" project, inspired by Martha's Rule.

The video discusses the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance’s initiative to create a patient representative readers panel. The panel ensures that written information is accessible and understandable for the diverse population they serve.

Join Dr Suzy Lishman CBE, a histopathologist and medical examiner who has been working on death certification reform for over a decade, to learn about the recent death certificate reforms. Including the role of the medical examiner, changes to the medical certificate of cause of death, cremation forms and the role of the registrar and coroner. 

The medical communication chart project began during a ward round in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the increasing number of patients being admitted who did not speak English the team set out to design an aid to address this gap in communication on daily medical ward rounds which was easy to use, patient friendly and quality assured.

Hugh Rayner explains why he started writing his outpatient letters directly to patients back in 2005 and how it improved his relationships with patients.

Following the success of the 'Guide to compassionate phone communication' developed during the COVID pandemic, palliative care consultants Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Antonia Field-Smith in collaboration with RCP have developed this infographic to support doctors in having honest conversations with patients and those important to them.

Dr Josephina Price discusses A book about getting older with author Dr Lucy Pollock.