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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022

The Royal Society of Medicine would like to congratulate all those who have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022. Professor Roger Kirby, President, said: “We are delighted that RS...

Royal Society of Medicine to work with International Academy of Nutrition Educators

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and the International Academy of Nutrition Educators (IANE) have agreed to explore opportunities to work together. The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of...

COVID-19 Series: Resources on mental health

This week Dr Clare Gerada, GP and Medical Director of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme, joined award-winning author and former doctor Adam Kay, to discuss the mental health impact of the COVID-19...

RSM celebrates trainees’ success in prestigious essay prize

Congratulations go to Dr Gbenga Adesoye and Dr Iona Lyell who, as joint third winners of the Peter Fisher Essay Competition Prize, win a year’s free membership of the Royal Society of Medicine. The co...

New RSM Trustees and Vice-President begin terms

A new Vice-President and four new Trustees have taken up their roles at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM). New Vice-President Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE took to Twitter to mark the start o...

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...

Covid-19: hospital response risks worsening health inequalities

Disadvantaged and marginalised people face worsening health inequalities as a result of the difficult choices made by NHS hospitals in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Public health doctors, writing...

Looking ahead to 2023

As 2023 approaches, Royal Society of Medicine leaders share their thoughts on the coming year. What does 2023 have in store? What should we be talking about? Dr Allyson Egan, President of the RSM Neph...

Clinical leadership is ‘mission critical’ to narrowing the health gap

Professor Bola Owolabi, Director of the National Healthcare Inequalities Team at NHS England gave a rallying cry to more than 200 health leaders gathered at the Royal Society of Medicine’s inaugural T...

Organ damage for 59% of patients with long COVID continues a year after initial symptoms

A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over twelve months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affect...