This year, the RCP is shining a spotlight on an important but often overlooked area of risk: the dangers of co-sleeping when parents are prescribed certain medications

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals’ Recycle Reuse Walking Aids Project is cutting carbon, saving money, and improving patient experience by reusing walking frames, sticks, and crutches across the system. With support from volunteers and the Royal Voluntary Service, the initiative enables easy returns through a “no wrong door” approach, aligning NHS practice with public expectations for sustainability. The project aims for a 40% return rate - equivalent to saving over 162,000 kg of CO₂e, or 19 journeys around the world.

In this video, Dr Emma Vittery, Paediatric Sustainability Fellow at the Great North Children’s Hospital, shares the story of the Eco-Influencers project - a collaboration with Northumberland Wildlife Trust that brings nature-based activities to the Paediatric Day Unit. Designed to reduce climate anxiety, improve wellbeing, and offer meaningful distraction during hospital visits, the project empowers young people to lead conservation-focused sessions and co-create a wildlife trail. It’s a powerful example of how sustainability, youth voice, and healthcare improvement can come together to transform patient experience.

The TLHC programme aims to find lung cancer early, sometimes before symptoms present.

Winner of The Medical Practice Management award for Developing Workforce award from the Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025. Dr Matthew Roycroft shares how Rotherham General Hospital improved resident doctor satisfaction from below average to national average, despite rising patient numbers and no extra funding — using over 40 small but impactful changes.

Winner of The Medical Protection Society Award for Patient Safety at the Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2025, Dr Ian Cormack and team share how Croydon University Hospital’s opt-out HIV testing program achieved a 97% testing rate, transforming outcomes, reducing inequalities, and saving lives.

Join Dr Dan Smith, editor-in-chief of Medical Care - driving change, as he interviews Professor Tom Wilkinson, clinical lead for the National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP) and professor of respiratory medicine at University Hospital Southampton. In this insightful discussion, Professor Wilkinson shares highlights from the latest NRAP report, Catching Our Breath, and outlines how NRAP is driving measurable improvements in respiratory care across England and Wales.

Discover how this EPCA finalist dermatology course & podcasts are training doctors, supporting GPs, and shaping the future of NHS skin care.

The Frailty Academy, a nationally recognised model, transforms NHS frailty care through system-wide training, new workforce roles, and measurable patient safety gains.

Excellence in Patient Care Award finalist: London’s IMT Wellbeing Fellows are helping doctors beat burnout through research, peer support, and projects that make work life healthier and happier

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.

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. The session will demonstrate how clinical audit is already driving measurable improvements in outcomes and shaping safer, more consistent care across the NHS.

Dr Mary Miller introduces the National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL), which evaluates the quality of hospital care provided to patients at the end of life. Now in its sixth year, NACEL uses case reviews, bereavement surveys, staff feedback, and organisational data to identify areas for improvement. A new data and improvement tool allows clinicians to benchmark performance and drive change locally. Dr Miller encourages doctors to engage with NACEL findings and collaborate with end-of-life care leads to enhance patient and family experiences at this critical stage.

UK and Japan face similar healthcare challenges. By learning from each other’s strengths they can build sustainable care. systems.

In this interview, Kim Davis, Clinical Audit Manager at Parkinson’s UK, discusses the UK Parkinson’s Audit—one of the few national clinical audits led by a charity. The audit supports multidisciplinary teams across the NHS to improve care for people with Parkinson’s through data-driven insights, benchmarking, and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs). With over 830 services participating, the audit has driven tangible improvements, such as increased bone health assessments. The video highlights how clinicians at all levels, including junior doctors, can get involved in both data collection and service improvement projects.

In this conversation, Dr Vicky Price and Dr Chris Subbe discuss their recent paper on the realities of corridor care in UK hospitals. Drawing on national data and frontline experience, they highlight the moral injury to staff, the increased mortality for patients, and the systemic inefficiencies that perpetuate this crisis. The video calls on clinicians to advocate for change, rethink discharge decisions, and take small but meaningful actions to protect the most vulnerable. A must-watch for anyone committed to improving acute care.

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.