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COVID-19 Series: Resources on childcare

On 11 June, Dr Tom Marrs, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Professor Russell Viner, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Dr Sara Hanna, Medical Director of Evelina Lond...

RSM members visit Japan

In October 2022, a small group of RSM members travelled to Japan to gain insight into medicine in both rural and urban Japan, and take part in a variety of traditional and contemporary cultural experi...

Applying for FiY1 and entering the NHS during this time of crisis

Hamish Clark recently graduated in medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and is one of many who has applied for the NHS’s Foundation Interim Year 1 (FiY1) posts - a newly ...

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: 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...

Development Director to leave for new role but staying involved with the charity

After sixteen years of successful fundraising at the Royal Society of Medicine, Paul Summerfield, the RSM's Development Director will be leaving in mid-August to join The Royal United Services Institu...

The RSM launches '21st Century Healthcare', a collaboration with ITN productions

The Royal Society of Medicine and ITN Productions have launched ‘21st Century Healthcare,’ a news and current affairs-style programme which explores the need for a collaborative approach to medicine t...

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...

Covid-19: herd immunity in Sweden fails to materialise

Sweden’s policy of allowing the controlled spread of Covid-19 viral infection among the population has so far failed to deliver the country’s previously stated goal of herd immunity. Commenting on rec...

Professor Humphrey Scott appointed Dean of the Royal Society of Medicine

Professor Humphrey Scott has been appointed Dean of the Royal Society of Medicine, a leading provider of postgraduate education and learning to the medical profession and wider healthcare teams. He wi...