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Move beyond prevention and create health for a more prosperous …

WEBDespite this, the government grant for public health is £3.3 billon (2021-2022), versus £229 billion total spend on health (2021) – a huge disparity between where the drivers of health are and where the money is spent. “We have a burning platform, we have interventions that work, but we’re spending money in the wrong places.”

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Prudent healthcare approach key to transforming health and care …

WEBA prudent approach to health and care, incorporating the values people, patients and local communities attribute to their health and care services, is key to transforming the health and care system.

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Inequalities ‘most significant threat’ to public health, warns Vice

WEBInequalities are the most significant threat to public health in the UK, a top doctor has warned ahead of a major conference at the Royal Society of Medicine.

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The RSM debates a brighter future for the NHS

WEBDescribing recent Health Watch England research on the cost of living and how it is stopping people from accessing healthcare, she described how 10% of respondents reported that they would not contact their GP because of the cost of a call on their pay-as-you-go mobile. Neither could they afford to pay for the cost of their …

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'The answer lies between us’: work together to tackle healthcare

WEBFollowing on from the successful inaugural conference, held one year previously in January 2023, ‘Tackling Inequalities: Through innovation and entrepreneurship’ was the second event to take place as part of a five-year programme between the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and NHS England aimed at addressing …

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New research confirms racism in healthcare settings increases …

WEBThe results of the survey, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, indicate a direct effect of racial discrimination on low confidence in the health system to handle the pandemic, which in turn predicted vaccine refusal.

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Confronting the health challenges of climate change

WEBProfessor Linda Luxon explains why the impact of climate change on health needs to be moved higher up the agenda.

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RSM to launch major programme on health inequalities with …

WEBNHS England and NHS Improvement Director – Health Inequalities, Dr Bola Owolabi, will give a keynote address at a special conference to launch a major Royal Society of Medicine initiative on tackling health inequalities.

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RSM Section Presidents speak out for clean air

WEBThe Presidents of two Royal Society of Medicine sections have raised the importance of clean air for public health. Speaking to Prognosis magazine, Professor Maggie Rae, President of the RSM Epidemiology and Public Health Section, and Dr Neeraj Shah, President of the RSM Respiratory Medicine Section, explained why air quality is …

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Looking ahead to 2023

WEBDr Allyson Egan, President of the RSM Nephrology Section: “Integrated care. Understanding the role of education, service delivery and basic science in health and disease, combined with advances in therapeutics, is an exciting conversation for 2023. How these pillars intertwine to improve longevity, excellence in clinical care and enhanced

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The RSM commits to action to address climate change

WEBPublished 03 March 2023. The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) has committed to a series of actions to address climate change, alongside other leading healthcare bodies. The 10 commitments have been produced by the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC), an alliance of UK-based health organisations of which the RSM is a …

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Covid-19: hospital response risks worsening health inequalities

WEBDisadvantaged 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.

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How healthcare professionals can improve wellbeing for those …

WEBThe Royal Society of Medicine invited Susan Ross, Head of Education and Learning at Changing Faces, the leading UK charity for those living with a visible difference, to share advice on how healthcare professionals can impact good mental health outcomes for people living with a visible difference.

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New analysis of prisoner healthcare highlights risks to patient safety

WEBSubstantive changes are needed to improve patient safety in prisons, according to a new study published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM) and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Practical changes such as timely access to healthcare services and better processes to mitigate …

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Medicine & Society Section The Royal Society of Medicine

WEBThe Medicine & Society Section’s purpose is to act as an open channel of communication between medical and other health professionals.

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King’s cancer diagnosis sets an important example for others to …

WEBKing’s cancer diagnosis sets an important example for others to get checked, says RSM President. Published 06 February 2024. The President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Roger Kirby, has told media outlets His Majesty The King speaking publicly about his cancer diagnosis has raised awareness about the importance of …

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JRSM Editor in Chief explains how the journal is scaling new heights

WEBIn an interview for RSM Engage, Professor Kamran Abbasi, Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, explains how the long-term strategy for JRSM is reaping rewards and urges healthcare professionals to prioritise combating climate change and health inequalities in their work

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UK’s fall down global ranks for life expectancy explained

WEBA new analysis published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine [1] highlighted a decades-long UK decline in life expectancy. The analysis received wide-spread attention from health and science journalists writing for UK national media. One of the researchers, Professor Martin McKee*, explains why the UK has fallen down the global ranks for life …

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GP leader urges doctors to audit their time this Mental Health

WEB“This mental health awareness week, we need to address the biggest risk when it comes to our mental health – burnout. “Survey after survey shows that no part of the health service is immune and data from NHS sickness absence for just two months of 2023 showed 26 per cent of recorded absence days were due to mental health problems.

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RSM President calls for medical training overhaul as MPs raise …

WEBThe cross-party Committee, chaired by former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, had a broad scope and its wide-ranging report, published on Monday 25 July 2022, addresses workforce planning, recruitment, training, working culture and retention. It makes a number of recommendations for the …

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RSM Digital Health podcast returns

WEBThe RSM Digital Health Section podcast has launched a new series with a new presenter, Dr Annabelle Painter.

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Learnings from the Tackling Inequalities Conference 2023

WEBThe World Health Organisation defines maternal health as the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period (Shimizu 2023). In England, Women make up 51% of England’s population and, of these, more than three quarters at any one time want to either prevent or achieve pregnancy (Public Health England 2018a).

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