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President candidates answer members’ questions ahead of historic election

The four candidates to be the next President of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) set out their visions for the organisation during a special Q&A session broadcast this week. Professor Alun Davi...

Wyndham Lloyd Davies: 1934 to 2023

The Royal Society of Medicine offers condolences to the family and friends of Wyndham Lloyd Davies, renowned urologist and former President of the RSM Urology Section (1991-92), who died in March this...

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...

Newer diabetes treatments are understudied in Black populations and may be less beneficial

New research analysing the effects of two drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes indicates a consistent lack of cardiovascular and renal benefits in Black populations. Cardiovascular disease is the leadi...

Alcohol 'promotion' detracted from success of Women's World Cup

Broadcasters should avoid focusing on alcohol in crowd shots during major sporting events, such as this summer’s Women’s World Cup final, say researchers. In a new commentary published in the Journal ...

Mr Rory Cuthbert

Mr Rory Cuthbert is an ST8 trauma and orthopaedic surgery registrar on the Percivall Pott Rotation currently based at Royal London Hospital. He has a subspecialty interest in upper limb surgery and ma...

Update from the Dean of Education

One of the Royal Society of Medicine's remarkable strengths lies in its ability to assemble an extraordinary breadth of people with knowledge and expertise from across the healthcare spectrum. It is t...

Obituary: Professor V. Craig Jordan

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of RSM Honorary Fellow and former President of the RSM Foundation, Professor V. Craig Jordan CMG, OBE, PhD, DSc, FMedSci. P...

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...

'We have to move from strategy to action': Tackling Health Inequalities

On Tuesday 28 January 2025 we held our third annual Tackling Health Inequalities conference in partnership with NHS England. It was a truly thought-provoking day, filled with inspired talk and a unive...