RCPE Press Release
30 July 2012
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Mr Imran Khan, Pakistani politician and former international cricketer, received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) at a ceremony in Edinburgh on 27 July 2012.
RCPE Press Release
12 June 2012
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New data produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has shown that hospitals, which are regularly under pressure during the winter months, are now routinely transferring patients around the hospital all year round to cope with the number of medical patients. This is inappropriate, places patients at risk and is difficult for the medical teams caring for them.
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***EMBARGO: NOT FOR BROADCAST OR PUBLICATION BEFORE 00:01HRS 16 May 2012***RCPE Press Release 16 May 2012NEW ONLINE ARCHIVE CATALOGUE REVEALS HISTORICAL MEDICAL TREASURESNapoleon’s post mortem report and Kipling letter amongst recently discovered itemsA new online archive catalogue [1] will, for the first time, enable academics and the public to access a range of fascinating and rare historical letters and other items which have been discovered within the collection of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE).The
25 April 2012
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has today written to all MSPs regarding a damaging misperception which it believes is emerging in Scotland about the number of patients unnecessarily admitted to hospital.
RCPE Press Release
08 March 2012
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), which has over 2500 members in England [1], has decided to withdraw its support for the Health and Social Care Bill in its current form. The decision was made following a survey of its Fellows and Members in which 75% of respondents believed the Bill should be withdrawn.
RCPE Press Release
05 March 2012
A high-level meeting of over 120 leading stroke specialists from around the UK, convened by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), has recommended that the Scottish and UK Governments should urgently introduce national screening programmes aimed at reducing the number of strokes and premature deaths caused by stroke.
RCPE Press Release
01 March 2012
Medical experts from around the UK will be gathering in Edinburgh today (1 March 2012), at an event organised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) [1], to agree a course of action aimed at preventing almost 2000 avoidable stroke deaths per year throughout the UK.
RCPE Press Release
04 October 2011
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) will today (4 October 2011) call on the NHS (throughout Scotland and the UK) to develop more flexible working patterns in order to respond to the rapidly increasing number of female medical graduates and doctors, and to ensure that the provision of patient care is maintained.
RCPE Press Release
18 August 2011
A new study has found that 90% of doctors who responded to a survey believe that patient safety throughout Scotland and the UK is compromised in August when the latest intake of medical trainee doctors start their training posts in the NHS on the same day nationally, and doctors already in training rotate into other positions.
RCPE Press Release
18 May 2011
