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This session explores the critical challenges of polypharmacy in acute settings and demonstrates how the RCP's recently published acute care toolkit on polypharmacy supports safer, more effective medication management. Speakers share practical insights on implementing the toolkit in clinical practice, from education and training strategies to sustainable approaches and communication techniques. This video provides healthcare professionals with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of polypharmacy and learn how to embed the toolkit into everyday care to improve patient outcomes.

Our host, Dr Josie Price, is joined by Professor Mark Britnell to discuss his book, In search of the perfect health system. With chapters on 25 different countries, this practical and succinct guide to the world's major health systems explores what lessons can be drawn from each to improve health worldwide. Each chapter is an essay designed to give the reader essential knowledge of the history, strengths, weaknesses and lessons of each health system and provide a truly global health perspective.

This webinar explored how healthcare leaders can drive meaningful and lasting change in health inequalities. The session highlights key recommendations from the RCP’s publication, Bridging the gap: A Guide to Making Health Inequalities a Strategic Priority for NHS Leaders, offering practical steps to embed health equity in organisational strategy. Hearing from real-world case studies from Leicester University Hospitals and the Renal Association, showcasing impactful initiatives to address disparities in care, particularly within renal health.

Overcrowding in hospitals is forcing healthcare professionals to provide care in corridors, waiting rooms, and other unsuitable spaces, compromising patient safety, dignity, and clinical effectiveness. This webinar explored the findings of the survey, share real-world experiences from healthcare professionals, and discuss practical solutions to improve patient safety and hospital capacity. Attendees will have the opportunity to put their questions directly to senior royal college representatives, making this a key opportunity to contribute to the conversation on change.

Cheshire and Merseyside has been a Marmot Place since 2021, committed to reducing health inequalities by addressing the social determinants of health. In this video, Professor Matthew Ashton, Director of public health for Liverpool City Council and co-chair of the Cheshire and Merseyside All Together Fairer Board, talks with Dr Dan Smith, editor in chief of Medical Care – driving change, about work of the Champs Public Health collaborative to address health inequity in Cheshire and Merseyside. Dan and Matt discuss the issues facing the population and what is being done to address these through the All Together Fairer work.

When Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan was admitted to hospital as a patient she didn't receive the pain medication that she told them she needed, despite her being a senior doctor. It was in that moment she understood that something was deeply wrong with our healthcare system. Doctors aren't listening, and it is making us ill. In Unheard, Dr Dhairyawan takes us on a journey through history to show how not listening to patients has been ingrained in medicine from its inception. Western medicine has been built on the assumption that power should always lie with the doctor, and that patients should be powerless to decisions made about their body if it is done to make them well. This, alongside the prejudices of society, has led to dramatic gaps in medical knowledge because for centuries people have not been heard.

This video features an insightful discussion on health inequalities, hosted by Dr Daniel Smith, a respiratory physician and editor-in-chief of Medical Care – driving change. He interviews Sarah Tilsed, Head of Partnerships and Involvement at the Patients Association, about the organisation's vital work in addressing health disparities. The conversation explores how social determinants—such as income, transportation, and digital access—affect patients' ability to receive care.

Dr. Daniel Smith interviews Dr. Kathy Petersen, GP partner and clinical lead at Northeast and North Cumbria ICS, about her work addressing health inequalities. Kathy shares her strategy to improve access for vulnerable adults who miss appointments due to disabilities, mental illness, or other complex needs. She discusses introducing an "adult not brought" appointment code and the importance of reasonable adjustments like extended appointment times and transport support. The video highlights the positive impact of these changes, including a reduction in missed appointments at a South Tyneside hospital. Kathy emphasizes the need for a more inclusive healthcare system that benefits all patients, particularly those facing financial or accessibility barriers.

Philippa works for the Addison’s Disease Self-Help Group (ADSHG) as their Communications and Research Manager. Through education and awareness, she aims to drive change to safer and equitable care for those living with steroid dependency, as well as raising awareness of the challenges faced by all rare diseases. Philippa has lived experience of the condition and was diagnosed with Addison’s disease 19 years ago.

Changing the way we work is only possible with digital clinical systems that are designed to make tasks easier to complete.

Dr Thomas Daniels emphasises the dangers of multiple medications on patient health and the environment. Highlighting that unnecessary prescriptions contribute to adverse drug reactions and healthcare emissions. Advocating for reducing prescriptions and involving patients in decisions to improve both health outcomes and sustainability.

Dr Katie Malbon, consultant paediatrician interviews Sara Sabra, a rheumatology patient. They discuss Sara’s experience of her condition, her experience with the NHS, the importance of education and knowledge regarding healthy lifestyles as a preventative measure. Sara highlights the importance of being treated holistically in a medical setting and encourages fellow patients to be inquisitive and ask questions of their clinicians.

In this video, chair Dr Ruw Abeyratne is joined by Dr Aicha Bouraoui and Dr Katie Malbon to explore health inequalities and raise awareness of health inequalities in the NHS. They discuss the prevalence and effect of inequality among their patients, the lack of confidence physicians have in discussing health inequality during routine care, prevention, and how clinicians can intervene when they become aware of socioeconomic factors hindering their health outcomes. They focus on the importance of seeing a patient as a whole, not just treating the condition they present with.

In this video, pharmacist and final year medical student, Roshan Tasgaonkar Pharm.D dives into his recently published Future Healthcare Journal paper, Stars, stripes and scripts: Innovations and challenges in US pharmacy. In conversation with editor-in-chief, Dr Dan Smith, he explores the differences in the US and UK pharmaceutical systems, highlighting the evolving role of pharmacists and addressing the challenges facing the US pharmacy landscape.