Blogs

Patients having access to multiple specialists in one appointment in a community setting could help integrate care for patients and increase clinical efficiency.

Examples of NIHR research that demonstrate how digital technology could improve care while reducing the demands on NHS staff.

RCP digital health clinical lead Dr Anne Kinderlerer explores how easily we adapt to new digital systems.

RCP outpatients clinical lead Dr Theresa Barnes highlights some of the key themes of the first outpatient care summit.

Everyone has experienced outpatient services at some point and we’ve all had ideas about how our outpatient service could be improved.

We need a new vison for health with capacity for current pressures. However, this must work in tandem with targeted resources for public health.

The medical harms of air pollution are well documented. Why don’t we all shout out for children - and everybody - leave our high-end vehicles at home on the 15th and make some noise about this.

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

The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out a new approach to achieving effective learning and improvement following patient safety incidents.

The head of patient partnership at the Patients Association on why it's important that patients feed into the design and delivery of the service.

Health inequalities are avoidable differences in health between different groups of the population. If health inequalities are avoidable, are they not also deeply unjust?

Medical Care - driving change editor-in-chief, Dr Dan Smith, a respiratory consultant at Sherwood Forest hospital, welcomes users to the site, thanks our contributors and invites you to get involved.

Alice Joy from the Patient and Carer Network (PCN) discusses the complex subject of sustainability and how it's good for patients.