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Systemic failures in public health system led to deaths in elderly patients

The deaths of 17 elderly people earlier this summer were the result of systemic failures in the public health system in England, according to a leading public health expert. Writing in the Journal of ...

Meet Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellow Dr Sharon Man

Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellow Dr Sharon Man is currently an ST7 cardiology registrar at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and is sub-specialising in cardiac electrophysiology and implantable devices....

How COVID-19 sparked an explosion in smell-loss research

Loss of sense of smell has become one of the issues most associated with COVID-19. Three years on, around 700,000 people in the UK alone are believed to have total smell loss (anosmia) caused by the v...

President’s update: September 2017

Last month I promised you the “vision thing”, as George Bush Sr once called it, but ran out of space. And am afraid you are going to be disappointed again, because the “vision thing” is back on the ba...

Lung cancer under-recognised in people who have never smoked

Lung cancer in people who have never smoked is more common than most people think, and on the rise Historically strong, and correct, messaging on smoking and lung cancer has inadvertently contributed...

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Manage your membership and take advantage of all your extra benefits. Discover what RSM membership offers and how it can develop your knowledge and career. My account details Do you have questions abo...

Research confirms racism in healthcare settings increases vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities

A new study examining the associations between racial and ethnic discrimination and COVID-19 vaccine refusal has found that one in ten people from ethnic minority groups who refused a vaccine experien...

President’s update: December 2017

Black Friday was once the term the emergency services designated for the Friday before Christmas itself, because of the large numbers of inebriated people staggering out of their work parties, and end...

President's update: October 2019

Sharks, gators and IT projects: an official apology Sharks, gators and IT projects: an official apology There is a film poster doing the rounds at the moment, “Crawl” I think it’s called, that shows a...

Joining the effort in vaccinating against COVID-19

Brian Wang is a final year MBBS/PhD student at Imperial College. Alongside his clinical placements and studies ahead of finals exams in March, Brian is also the RSM Student Section Media Officer and F...