Strategy 2021–2026
Read our 2021–2026 strategy, in which we share our plans for delivering our vision: better healthcare for better lives.
About us
The RSM is a charity and one of the country's major providers of postgraduate medical education.
About the RSM
The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a registered charity and global membership organisation. Our vision is better healthcare for better lives. By sharing learning and supporting innovation, our goal is to be the leading provider of continuing learning to healthcare professionals.
We deliver multidisciplinary, specialist and general education, as well as professional development, drawing on the support of leading experts in over 50 specialist areas of medicine. Bringing together healthcare professionals across specialties, we offer a range of membership options for every career stage, from students to retirement.
Our learning resources span a wide collection of books, journals, electronic journals and online medical databases. We are home to one of the finest physical and digital medical libraries in the world. We connect those involved and interested in healthcare and, by leveraging expertise from across the RSM, we support, help and inspire the innovators developing the medical products and services of tomorrow.
The RSM is a Royal Charter body. Our patron is His Majesty King Charles III.
How we are governed
Meet the people who govern the RSM, including members of the RSM Council, Academic Board and our Senior Management team.
Our history
Learn how the RSM, established in the rooms of a barristers’ chambers at Gray’s Inn, grew from humble beginnings to take up residence in London’s medical quarter.
Latest news
Read the latest news and activities from the RSM.
Migrant status compounds inequality for ethnic minority NHS staff
11 June 2025
Ethnic minority healthcare workers who are also born overseas face a double disadvantage due to the combined effects of ethnicity and migrant status, according to new research published in JRSM Open.
How the RSM Library supports excellence in healthcare
06 June 2025
To mark Libraries Week 2025 and its theme, “Libraries Change Lives,” we’ve been asking our members about the role the RSM Library plays in their professional and academic lives.
Recognising our volunteers’ impact this Volunteers’ Week
02 June 2025
RSM Chief Executive Michele Acton thanks our many volunteers for their contributions to the charity's mission to mark Volunteers’ Week 2025 (2–9 June).
Obituary: Professor Sean Patrick Francis Hughes
21 May 2025
Longstanding RSM Fellow, renowned orthopaedic surgeon and Past-President of the RSM History of Medicine Society, Professor Sean Hughes, has died of lung cancer at the age of 83.
More about us
Sponsorship
Get involved with our events through a range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities.
Council minutes
Minutes from RSM Council meetings are available online to RSM members only. Members need to sign in to access the minutes.
Environmental sustainability
The Royal Society of Medicine is committed to environmental sustainability and tackling climate change.
Job vacancies
View our latest job vacancies and learn more about working at the RSM.