"Section for General Practice and Primary Care"

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King’s cancer diagnosis sets an important example for others to get checked, says RSM President

The President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Roger Kirby, has told media outlets His Majesty The King speaking publicly about his cancer diagnosis has raised awareness about the importanc...

Facial aesthetics: A holistic approach

Non-surgical facial aesthetics is a rapidly growing field, with interest from several surgical, medical, and dental professionals. Any clinician desiring to embark on this field requires the analytica...
  • Date Thu 18 Sep 2025
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
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Prescription costs increase for low-value treatments despite reduction in numbers

Despite a fall in prescription numbers for low-value treatments, the overall cost of prescribing these items in English primary care has risen, according to new research published by the Journal of th...

Jacklin Kwan wins award for exposing fake healthcare news

Jacklin Kwan is the winner of the 2024 Sarah Hughes Trust Prize, awarded annually for new journalism that exposes false or misleading information in health or medicine. Jacklin Kwan Freelance journali...

The future for pancreatic cancer

Difficult to diagnose and difficult to treat, pancreatic cancer is predicted to become the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the UK within the next few years. So said Professor Roge...

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Visiting Professors and future developments within our speciality

Lunch is included when booking both sessions. Join our final ENT day of the academic year to gain insight into the exciting future of healthcare from pre-eminent academics around the world. These meet...
  • Date Fri 2 May 2025
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Infectious disease and sexual health - London School of Paediatrics day

This event gathers a range of experts in paediatric infectious diseases, delivering targeted teaching for trainees aiming to equip them with the right tools for their level of practice to correctly ma...
  • Date Thu 6 Jun 2024
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
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Legal and forensic conundrums in complex high profile homicide

In July 2023, 'The Sixth Commandment' TV drama depicted the murder of Peter Farquhar, with a complex police investigation and challenges in gathering expert evidence. It followed a retrospective revie...
  • Date Sat 20 Jan 2024
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
COVID-19: Call for millions spent on failing privatised test and trace system to be diverted to local services

A group of doctors is calling on the government to divert the hundreds of millions of pounds being spent on the failing centralised privatised COVID-19 national test and trace service into local prima...