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Why it’s wrong to wait for an inquiry on sexual misconduct in the NHS…

What is ABT and why might my workplace consider it? ABT, also called active intervention training, includes learning around recognising a situation of potential issue, deciding to intervene, and on th...

AI in healthcare needs patient-centred regulation to avoid discrimination – new commentary

New commentary published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine warns that current risk-based regulatory approaches to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare fall short in protecting pati...

New 10-year patient safety analysis highlights areas for improvement in acute medical units

Recommendations from a new 10-year analysis of patient safety incidents in hospital acute medical units across England and Wales include the introduction of electronic prescribing and monitoring syste...

World leading expert to explore wonder of hormones in celebration of 100 years of insulin

Distinguished UK endocrinologist, Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, to deliver flagship lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine An exploration of the beauty and wonder of the hormones that control our...

Diversity in leadership roles essential to engage minority-ethnic medical students with academia

Minority-ethnic medical students must have more role-models in senior leadership positions if they are to engage with academia. This is one of the conclusions drawn by a group of medical students writ...

COVID-19: Schools urgently need guidelines on improving ventilation in classrooms

There is an urgent need for guidelines on how schools can use ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, according to doctors at Imperial College London and the headteac...

When inequality is baked in before birth, it can’t remain a fringe concern

Inequality shortens lives and severely impacts health outcomes, yet the evidence shows the health gap is widening. Doctors and patient advocates maintain that truly transformational change is possible...

Patients report worse care experience in GP practices owned by limited companies

New research published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine concludes that patients registered to general practices owned by limited companies, including large organisations, reported...

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ranked in global top ten medical journals

The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM) has been ranked as one of the world’s top ten general medicine journals for the first time. Being placed tenth out of 329 ‘general and internal medi...