RCP Resident Doctor Committee

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Following review by RCP Council, we are stopping activity on X for the foreseeable future.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/54Zy5Qk4G4

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📢We’re seeking a new national wellbeing research fellow.

‘We will work collaboratively across specialties & career grades to bring people together, learn from best practice and implement positive change.’ Dr Emma Rowlandson, role supervisor.

Apply now: https://t.co/3Q4T1VnCVh

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As phase 2 of the medical training review begins, Dr @danfurmedge explores how a practical, high-quality, alternative IMT pathway is offering fairness, structure & career progression for doctors without a training number: https://t.co/TGg3LDLCzo

#NextGenPhsycians @GSTTnhs

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We’re recruiting for a national wellbeing research fellow.

If you’re passionate about improving working lives, reducing burnout and supporting the next generation of NHS doctors, we encourage you to apply: https://t.co/3Q4T1VnCVh

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In our latest Spotlight on local innovation blog, Dr Glen Davies shares how redesigning a hot clinic referral system at @TheCountessNHS improved care, reduced workload and built confidence in clinical decision-making.

👉Read now: https://t.co/Bu23KZY5vR

[Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians]

‘The best teaching isn’t the lectures that we give or the simulations that we run. It’s the opportunities that we provide for resident doctors to engage in meaningful independent practice and the support that we give them when something goes wrong.’

In our latest #NextGenPhysicians blog, Dr @zackferguson explores the transition from IMT to medical registrar: https://t.co/E3spdkGiiO

@FrimleyHealth

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We need expansion of training posts based on population need, fair & transparent recruitment processes & investment in high quality educational supervision.

We’re asking to become the consultants our #NHS urgently needs. Fixing this is not controversial – it is essential👇

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In a letter published in @thetimes, @Mumtaz_Patel_1, @RCP_RDC and the RCP SFDN have warned that the #NHS will lose more talented early-career doctors unless urgent action is taken to fix training bottlenecks.

👉They argue that the problems facing resident doctors ‘run deeper than immigration rules or medical school numbers’ with competition ratios, limited training posts and inflexible pathways driving growing frustration among the next generation of physicians: https://t.co/QE44Gbmu0z

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‘The idea was simple: what if we split the wards geographically?’

In our latest Spotlight on local innovation think piece, resident doctor Dr Bijan Yazdanian describes quality improvement work to improve on-call ward allocations: https://t.co/NqHAUtU1OH

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‘The current recruitment process is broken & not fit for purpose with unrealistic expectations & requirements for early career doctors. Urgent reform is required now to ensure that these doctors can continue to progress in postgraduate training.’ @SeanCoghlan_, RCP SFDN chair.

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RCP president @Mumtaz_Patel_1 and @RCP_RDC co-chairs @sjtjoseph and Dr Catherine Rowan met with @CMO_England and @NHSEngland medical director Prof Meghana Pandit this week to discuss training bottlenecks, growing competition ratios and the 10 Point Plan, as well as our next gen top 10 priorities for medical training.

👉 Read our next gen top 10: https://t.co/aj57Y08YNr

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RCP president @Mumtaz_Patel_1 and @RCP_RDC co-chairs @sjtjoseph and Dr Catherine Rowan met with @CMO_England and @NHSEngland medical director Prof Meghana Pandit this week to discuss training bottlenecks, growing competition ratios and the 10 Point Plan, as well as our next gen top 10 priorities for medical training.

👉 Read our next gen top 10: https://t.co/aj57Y08YNr

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Day 2 of #MedPlus25 is here! We started the day with a wide-ranging chat led by @RCP_RDC about the quality and experience of training in 2025 and the opportunities for reform. Professor @Mumtaz_Patel_1 joined to discuss the future of UK postgraduate training.

Coming up later today we have sessions on diabetes, rheumatology, dermatology, the Linacre lecture, the Goulstonian lecture and announcing the winners of our abstract competition.

🔗Keep up to date with all sessions online: https://t.co/AkaRQT93Y1

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Start small, don’t go at it alone and get the word out there – even by bringing snacks into work to start conversations about your project.

Three #EPCA2025 winners share their tips on how to start your own quality improvement project in #Commentary: https://t.co/nW7rsB4C0q

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What’s the does the future of medicine look like?

Resident doctors took over #Commentary, sharing articles and interviews about areas of medicine and training that they are passionate about.

👉Read now: https://t.co/siKfDWpqj0

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Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians have voted to extend voting rights to collegiate members – many of them resident doctors – in council and VP elections. Even more backed exploring change to allow them to vote for president.

Read our response: https://t.co/3cYjLkEQke

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‘Resident doctors are not just today’s workforce – they are tomorrow’s clinical leaders. If the NHS is to retain them, it must act now. Reform of medical training is essential.’

Dr Hatty Douthwaite reflects on the 2025 RCP next generation survey: https://t.co/Jyj92FuC19

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Resident doctor training pathways are filled with bottlenecks, burnout & overwhelming workload.

The @NHSEngland medical training review is an opportunity to improve how we train medics.

That’s why we’re launching our top 10 priorities for the next gen: https://t.co/M6Eei2139O

[Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians]

‘We strongly welcome that the UK government has explicitly recognised the challenges that NHS resident doctors have faced with rising competition ratios for postgraduate medical training. This is something the RCP highlighted earlier this year. Today’s commitment to ensure doctors leaving medical school in the UK can continue their training in the NHS is welcome. We look forward to seeing the detail on how this will be achieved – as we have said, recognising NHS experience would be a sensible first step.’ Dr @awmartinelli and Dr Catherine Rowan, @RCP_RDC co-chairs.

[Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians]

‘It’s good to read the UK government’s vision for the NHS over the next decade. We will now look at the plan in detail, but have been pleased to see commitments to a number of RCP campaign calls:

🟣reform of outpatient care
🟣a major shift to neighbourhood care
🟣commitments to ensure #NHS doctors can continue in their training in the NHS 
🟣an expansion of specialty training posts

‘Government must now set out thinking on implementation and clear timeframes.’ Dr @Mumtaz_Patel_1, RCP president.

Read our full response: https://t.co/DzTsT7efTm

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Join Dr Anish Kuzhiyanjal for our digital annual conference, Call the medical registrar.

Anish will cover practical strategies for managing IBD emergencies in the ED and on-call, helping medical registrars make timely decisions.

Book now: https://t.co/dwS2WWSrt1

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Resident doctors – it's your last chance to submit an abstract to the Turner-Warwick lecturer scheme!

Find out more and submit your abstract today: https://t.co/rysbrmswqW