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Technology should be used to boost empathy-based medicine

Existing digital technologies must be exploited to enable a paradigm shift in current healthcare delivery which focuses on tests, treatments and targets rather than the therapeutic benefits of empathy...

Call for green burial corridors alongside roads, railways and country footpaths

A leading public health expert is calling for a strategic initiative to develop green burial corridors alongside major transport routes because British graveyards and cemeteries are rapidly running ou...

COVID-19: Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines

Former director of public health Professor John Ashton has said that scientific scepticism may be reinforced by the UK’s rush to approve COVID vaccines for public use and the apparent political desire...

Professor Craig Jordan pharmacologist

Professor V Craig Jordan, CMG, OBE, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, is a pharmacologist and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Born in Texas, he moved to the UK as a child and was educated in Cheshi...

A new collaboration with the World Psychiatric Association

A new collaboration between the Royal Society of Medicine and the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is set to expand the learning and education opportunities for psychiatrists across the globe. The ...

This much I’ve learnt: Dr Larry Fitton

Dr Larry Fitton has been an emergency department consultant for the last 11 years and is currently the divisional director for medicine, rehabilitation and cardiology at Oxford University Hospitals NH...

Spotlight coloproctology section Professor Steven Brown

Promoting links with colleagues in northern UK cities is a priority for Professor Steven Brown, President of the RSM’s Section of Coloproctology, who joined the cohort of new RSM section presidents in...

Dr Elizabeth Haxby RSM Trustee

Dr Elizabeth Haxby is lead clinician for clinical risk at the Royal Brompton Hospital and from 2018 to 2020 was President of the RSM’s Patient Safety Section. As she prepares to stand down as RSM Trus...

In memory of Professor Amit Patel

The Royal Society of Medicine is deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of Professor Amit Patel. Immediate Past President of the RSM’s Section of Pathology, Professor Patel was a Consultant in Ce...

Forthcoming prize deadlines for students and trainees

Every year the RSM offers a number of prizes and awards to medical students, trainees, and allied healthcare professionals to help develop their careers. Entering an RSM prize can provide you with the...