Congratulations to Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, immediate past Chair of the RCGP, on her election as the next Chair of the Academy to succeed Professor Carrie MacEwen in July
Marking the release of our new report Fixing the NHS,
@HelenStokesLam
writes for
@thetimes
on the NHS we have, the NHS we want and the NHS we can afford:
The Academy is hugely saddened to learn of the death of Dr Cliff Mann, former President of the RCEM and current National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care for NHS England. Our sincere condolences to his family. We will all miss Cliff deeply.
SAS as educators should be the norm rather than the exception. See our new statement on optimising the potential of the SAS workforce in the delivery of education and training:
Congratulations to all who have contributed to the first COVID-19 vaccinations today - researchers, scientists, clinicians, health workers, volunteers and logistics and administrative staff. A remarkable achievement and a huge step forward but with an immense task still to come.
We need your views on the first ever National patient safety syllabus.
Produced in collaboration with
@AoMRC
@NHS_HealthEdEng
@NHSEngland
Read it and comment here
We have updated our Support for Doctors page.
It acts as signposting service and includes useful links to resources for doctors who are experiencing difficulties.
Acting as an expert or professional witness - Guidance for healthcare professionals - published today.
Endorsed by 9 healthcare bodies on behalf of over 70 professional organisations.
All at the Academy express their profound sadness at the death of Professor Donal O'Donoghue, Registrar at the RCP and Renal Physician, from COVID-19. Our sincerest condolences to his family and colleagues.
Congratulations to Dame Clare Marx, Immediate Past President of the RCS England, on her appointment as the new Chair of the GMC to succeed Professor Sir Terrence Stephenson in January 2019
This morning
@HelenStokesLam
gave evidence to
@CommonsHealth
, making the case for robust and transparent long-term workforce planning. You can watch the full session here:
Meeting of Academy Trainee Doctors' Group
@RCoANews
today, talking about cross-specialty issues affecting junior doctors including winter pressures, team-working, mentoring, and curricula.
Today we are holding a joint
@gmcuk
and
@AoMRC
workshop bringing together medical royal colleges and faculties to discuss eliminating inequality in medical education.
New statement on Strengthening the role of SAS Tutor (and equivalents in devolved nations) to improve support for the development of the
#SAS
workforce:
Having our Academy SAS Committee meeting was a great way to mark the end of
#SASWeek22
. Welcome to our new co-chairs
@shekar_vinita
and Vaishali Parulekar and thank you to all our committee members for their insights, expertise and commitment.
Congratulations to Dr Jackie Taylor on her election as first female President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow to successed David Galloway in December.
We welcome the proposal from the General Medical Council to look at the use of Gross Negligence Manslaughter legislation in medical practice. The Academy Council will be considering the wider implications arising from this tragic case at its meeting on the 7th February 2018.
See Joint statement on workforce from Academy, BMA, NHS Confederation, NHS Providers, RCN and UNISON calling for a commitment to tackle the NHS and care workforce agenda
Congratulations to Lesley Regan, immediate RCOG Past President, on award of a damehood in the NewYears Honours. Also to RCGP Hon Secs Jonathan Leach and Victoria Tzortziou-Brown for their awards. And to all other healthcare recipients including Simon Stevens and Navina Evans
Congratulations to Dame Carrie MacEwen, immediate past chair of the Academy, for her award in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Also to current RCEM President and Council member Katherine Henderson and the many other healthcare colleagues who received awards. All very well deserved
The Academy has called for a substantial increase in the number of medical student places in the UK. We were pleased to hear
@RachelReevesMP
’s announcement today recognise the need for a significant expansion, with a pledge to double medical student numbers.
@helenstokeslam
The Academy Council yesterday gave its warmest thanks and best wishes to Professor Carrie MacEwen who demitted office as AoMRC chair after three years. The Council welcomed her successor Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard as the new chair.
Read Professor Carrie MacEwen's blog on multi-professional working which accompanies AoMRC report "Developing professional identity in multi-professional teams"
Academy welcomes the Government decision to exclude doctors and nurses from the Tier 2 visa cap but will continue to push for increase in number of fixed term Tier 5 MTI places.
SAS doctors and dentists should be offered improved opportunities to act as mentors and mentees. See our new statement on the SAS workforce and mentorship: .
We are delighted to be collaborating with
@RCSnews
on the 2022 national
@AoMRC
SAS conference. Please help spread the word among SAS colleagues and others who are interested in finding out more about the SAS career path and workforce.
#FutureSAS
Booking is now open for the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' national SAS conference on Friday 13 May. We are excited to be hosting this hybrid event in collaboration with the
@AoMRC
. Don't miss out, register for your place now:
#FutureSAS
Today is the
@AoMRC
National SAS Conference hosted by
@RCSnews
. You can follow along at
#FutureSAS
.
@shekar_vinita
opens the day, presenting a video message from the members of our Academy SAS Committee.
The
@AoMRC
and
@ProfRecordSB
have launched a national conversation for doctors about digital in healthcare. Please get involved and share your ideas, frustrations, hopes and desires
#thedoctorsdownload
Academy welcomes proposals for NHS in England to reimburse pension tax paid by doctors undertaking extra work for NHS. Loss of medical capacity was unsustainable. NHSE one year action welcome but long term UK wide Government solution required.
Deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sir Paul Cosford, respected Emeritus Medical Director of PHE. Our condolences to his wife Gillian Leng and family.
Congratulations to Academy Council members Suzy Lishman and Derek Bell for their awards in the New Years Honours and to previous members Clare Marx, Cliff Mann and Terence Stephenson.
We must get children back to school at the earliest possible stage, but it's vital that worries among teachers and parents are addressed respectfully.
Contact tracing in the community is crucial, and this is not yet in place.
Full statement 👇👇👇
Congratulations to Dr Andrew (Bod) Goddard on his election as the 121st President of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He will succeed Prof. Jane Dacre in the Autumn and we look forward to working closely with him.
New Academy statement on the gap between rhetoric & reality surrounding the SAS workforce calls for a culture shift among the profession and employers to better support the SAS community:
Engaging, empowering and enabling the SAS workforce will help them to flourish in their careers; maximise their contribution to the NHS, and improve patient care. See our new statement:
Congratulations to Professor Michael Griffin on his election as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh to succeed Professor Mike Lavelle-Jones from November
Professor Derek Alderson, President RC Surgeons England, and Professor Lesley Regan, President of RC Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, elected as new vice chairs of the Academy from September
This is our
@AoMRC
statement on vaccination of healthcare staff. Please do encourage all your
#NHS
frontline colleagues to take up the vaccine offer ASAP
@NHSEngland
@NHSEnglandMedia
The Academy is supporting
#SASWeek22
. Our SAS Committee has produced a range of resources to help SAS colleagues flourish in their careers, including:
SAS: A viable career choice
Engaging and empowering the SAS workforce
Welcome to
#SASWeek22
Today our resources focus on how employers can support the development of
#SASDoctors
using the SAS charter, details on the role they play, and a great piece from
@TheBMA
that includes SAS doctors talking about their careers.
Today we are at
#GMCConf22
where
@carriemacewen
opened the event by highlighting the relationship between system pressures, workplace cultures, leadership and patient safety.
More funding to expand our A&E departments and make them safer for patients and staff is very welcome. Trialling the use of NHS111 first is a logical step too, it will stop over-crowding and keep patients safer in the Emergency Dept.
@DHSCgovuk
@RCollEM
@HelenStokesLam
Today in
#SASWeek22
the focus is on SAS in extended roles and SAS development. Thanks
@NHSEmployers
for sharing our resources on SAS & mentorship; supporting appraisal for the SAS workforce; and SAS as educators - all available on our website:
It's a bumper
#SASWeek22
resource day.
#SASdoctor
development guide, calculating SAS development fund, induction checklist, case study
@NCICNHS
detailing a new faculty to support its SAS workforce and resources from
@AoMRC
@TheBMA
All on this page 👏
Calling all Trainee Doctors!
The ATDG and ASiT today launch a snapshot audit of training conditions for trainee doctors during winter pressures. Complete the survey and contribute to frontline evidence to help influence policy change.
Academy, COPMED, GMC and Medical Schools Council publish joint guidance
and summary on reflective practice ( )
Also Academy and COPMED publish complementary toolkit to support reflective practice ()
The Academy welcomes todays introduction of the "Sugar Tax" on soft drinks. This is an important part of the overall campaign against obesity and was recommended by the Academy in our 2013 report on obesity "Measuring-up".
Today the
@AoMRC
joins 100+ health & care orgs calling on
@UKHouseofLords
to back Baroness Cumberlege’s amendment to the Health & Care Bill. Independent assessment of staff needed now & in the future is vital for the sustainability of the NHS & patient care.
#StrengthinNumbers
"We are aware constantly that resources are limited within the health service... patients are waiting a lot longer than they used to and in greater numbers," says
@AoMRC
chair
@carriemacewen
#newsnight
On
#IWD2022
@AoMRC
joined colleagues at the panel led by
@DacreJane
to discuss tackling the gender pay gap in medicine. Addressing gender inequalities & bringing abt systemic change requires a collaborative approach. Great to share work underway in this area.
#WomeninMedicine
Following Q&A with SAS leads from Colleges and Faculties,
#SAS2020
is now receiving closing remarks from
@bodgoddard
, who thanks the SAS community for their "outstanding contributions" during the pandemic and discusses the importance of being valued.
Congratulations to Professor Russell Viner from UCL Institute of Child Health in London on his election as the new President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to succeed Professor Neena Modi in March 2018
Deputy Chair of
@TheBMA
SAS Committee
@aakochhar
provides the BMA's perspective on making a success of the Specialist Grade, setting out negotiations behind the role's creation, the need for the new senior grade, and the opportunities & challenges to implementation.
#FutureSAS
New Academy statement calls for improvements to the appraisal process to promote the professional development and wellbeing of SAS doctors and dentists:
Academy welcomes the first World Patient Safety Day . Emphasises the importance of the work currently underway on implementation of the Academy's Patient Safety Syllabus in the NHS.
Grateful to
@AmandaPritchard
and Steve Powis from
@NHSEngland
for joining us to wrap up our 2021 Policy Day.
@HelenStokesLam
and Alastair Henderson extend our thanks and look fwd to future engagement.
See BMJ article on Rising to the Challenge of Multimorbidity by Chris Whitty (CMO England), Carrie MacEwen (AoMRC), Steve Powis, several College Presidents, devolved nation CMOs and other medical leaders
AoMRC welcomes the Academy of Medical Sciences report "Preparing for a Challenging winter 2020-2021" published today.
As AoMRC is saying COVID-19 has not disappeared and planning for further surges and winter is vital.
This eve we're at the launch of
@RCObsGyn
#BetterForWomen
strategy, where
@lregan7
talks about putting women's wellbeing at the top of the healthcare and political agenda.
In a new blogpost, we mark the ten-year anniversary of the
@AoMRC
SAS Committee by inviting Chairs past and present to reflect on their time in post: .
As part of the Cavendish Coalition, we welcome the MAC's recommendation to make care workers immediately eligible for the Health and Care Worker Visa and place the occupation on the Shortage Occupation List.
"The Cavendish Coalition of social care and health organisations welcome this hugely important intervention from the MAC (Migration Advisory Committee)." -
@NHSE_Danny
, on the MAC's recommendations to alleviate social care staff shortages.
Read more:
Congratulations to the NHS on receipt of the George Cross, recognising staff past and present, and their courage during the pandemic. Collected by
@AmandaPritchard
and
@mayparsons
from the Queen. Captures pride we feel in
#OurNHSPeople
.