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COVID-19: Insights from the rapid transition to digital technology

The arrival of COVID-19 in the UK quickly left frontline health and care services in disarray. Many services saw an overnight flight to digital with audio and video conferencing becoming the norm in a...

Improving long Covid recovery outcomes through rehabilitation

Dr David McWilliams, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Physiotherapist for critical care at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, is one of many physiotherapists helping Covid pat...

Many potential eye donors unaware it’s an option, researchers say

Eyes are the least-donated organ or tissue in the UK and many people are unaware they can donate, researchers said at a Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) event. Thousands of potential eye donors are bei...

Professor Gillian Leng CBE appointed Dean of Education at the Royal Society of Medicine

Professor Gillian Leng CBE has been appointed the next Dean of Education at the Royal Society of Medicine. She will take up her post on 24 October 2022. A recent Trustee of the Royal Society of Medici...

RSM congratulates Professor Dame Robina Shah on her investiture

The Royal Society of Medicine is delighted to extend congratulations to RSM member Professor Dame Robina Shah on her investiture, which took place at Buckingham Palace last week. Psychologist Professo...

A new collaboration with the World Psychiatric Association

A new collaboration between the Royal Society of Medicine and the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is set to expand the learning and education opportunities for psychiatrists across the globe. The ...

With health data at our fingertips, why don’t we know our blood pressure?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest cause of early death in deprived areas of England and at least half of all heart attacks and strokes are linked with high blood pressure, known as hypertens...

President’s update: January 2018

Co-authored by Simon Wessely and Roger Kirby. Medical manslaughter – unforgivable crime or a recipe for miscarriage of justice? One of the major roles of the RSM is to cover topics that cross discipli...

Health warnings can ignite climate action, say experts

Speakers including Professor Sir Chris Whitty addressed healthcare professionals following COP27 Focusing on the grave risks to health could cause a tipping point in public and political momentum abou...

Health inequalities special conference

Please note: Following the death of our patron Her Majesty The Queen, the Royal Society of Medicine and NHS England have taken the decision to postpone this event. Our intention is to reschedule this ...