The @rcphysicians.bsky.social publications team is delighted to be at the #RCPUpdate in Belfast today! Pop by to chat to us about @clin-med.bsky.social or our sister journal @futurehealthj.bsky.social, or RCP members' magazine #Commentary 😊

📢 Have you seen the latest issue of our sister journal @clin-med.bsky.social? Featuring #CME on #neuro-oncology guest edited by @somasengupta.bsky.social, as well as articles on #CKD, #HIV, #TB and more! Read the full issue 👇 www.sciencedirect.co...

#hotoffthepress How did longevity medicine emerge? This article explores how geroscience and ageing biomarkers transformed ageing into a measurable biological process, bridging wellness and clinical care ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.co...

Clearing today’s NHS backlog must not come at the expense of tomorrow’s doctors Can healthcare systems sustain rising activity without exhausting the workforce delivering it? This article introduces 'flow debt' and sustainable healthcare flow ⏬ www.rcp.ac.uk/news-a...

📢 We are hiring! Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? Join the @futurehealthj.bsky.social editorial board - a supportive, energetic group of forward-focused healthcare professionals If this sounds like you, find out more 👇 and apply by 22 November ⏱️ www.rcp.ac.uk/member...

#OralHealth #DentalHealth Victoria Sampson outlines why the oral microbiome belongs in every physician's toolkit in her paper in our latest issue Read the full article ⬇️

The forgotten organ: Why the oral microbiome belongs in every physician's toolkit

The oral cavity is the most densely colonised microbial niche in the human body after the gut – over 700 species and an estimated two billion bacteria…

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Rooney and Shehabi give their insight into special care dentistry, the quiet crisis at the margins of modern healthcare, as part of our latest issue on oral and dental health Read the full article here 👇 www.sciencedirect.co...

'Clearing today’s NHS backlog must not come at the expense of tomorrow’s doctors' Check out the latest #RCP #blog from one of our authors, Mohamed Alkashty, on rethinking healthcare flow Read the full blog here⏬ www.rcp.ac.uk/news-a...

#hotoffthepress How many patients attending London emergency departments could be managed elsewhere? A whole-system review of missed opportunities for care in more appropriate settings ⏬ www.sciencedirect.co...

Dentistry 2050 By 2050, dentistry could be transformed by regenerative science, AI, remote monitoring and more integrated digital records ⏬ Will those advances translate into better oral health for all, or widen existing inequalities in access and outcomes? www.sciencedirect.co...

#hotoffthepress Low cost, high impact: these authors built four medical simulation trainers (airway, heel-prick, haemorrhoid ligation, C-section) at up to 95% less cost than commercial models 👇🏽 ✅ innovation ✅ efficiency ✅ improvement ✅ sustainability www.sciencedirect.co...

Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? We're looking for physicians working outside the UK in any specialty to join the editorial board of @futurehealthj.bsky.social as associate editors Find out more and apply by 1 November 👇🏽 www.rcp.ac.uk/member...

#FHJDebate Dental health is so crucial that it should be in the medical school curriculum In our new issue, Jasmine Ho and Clarissa Hjalmarsson debate the value of integrating dental health into undergraduate medical education Read the full debate here ⏬ www.sciencedirect.co...

So, we are now talking dentistry – And it will indeed be a mouthful 🦷 In her editorial for our new issue, Dr Jasmine Ho explores the medical-dentistry divide Read the full editorial here 👇 www.sciencedirect.co...

'Putting the mouth back into the body' In his editorial for our new issue, our editor-in-chief Andrew Duncombe highlights the importance of oral and dental health Read the article here ⏬ www.sciencedirect.co...

New issue alert! 📢 'Putting the mouth back into the body' The latest issue of FHJ focusses on oral and dental health, with guest editor Dr Jasmine Ho aiming to demystify dental service provision, education and the patient experience Read the full issue⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/journal/futu...

For #GoSoberforOctober we're highlighting this article from 2025 on conflicts of industry in the alcohol industry Read the full paper here 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#hotoffthepress 🔥 Uwakwem and Chance give an IMT perspective on geriatric rotations — lessons that matter for patient-centred care and the future sustainability of the NHS Read the full paper here 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#WorldPharmacistsDay #WPD2026 We're revisiting the editorial in our 2024 special issue on the future of pharmacy 👇 "The partnership between physicians and pharmacists is vital in delivering the promise of advanced healthcare, yet it is often fraught with tensions" www.sciencedirect.co...

#hotoffthepress #opinion Kindness has a future in health care Kindness is not soft - it is strategic. This paper argues that careful and kind care must go hand in hand to shape the future of healthcare and restore trust and humanity ⏬

Kindness has a future in health care

Kindness can seem out of place in contemporary health care systems often shaped by efficiency, industrial logic, and digital surveillance. Yet kindnes…

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#hotoffthepress How did longevity medicine emerge? Authors Fasel, Koizia & Harris explore how geroscience and ageing biomarkers transformed ageing into a measurable biological process, bridging wellness and clinical care 👇🏼 www.sciencedirect.co...

It's #WorldPatientSafetyDay We're revisiting this opinion piece by Dr Andrew Rochford, who asks: Why is it so hard to reduce harm from medicines? When it comes to medicines management, we should stop and reflect at five key moments 👇🏻 www.sciencedirect.co...

The @rcphysicians.bsky.social journals are delighted to be at the #RCPUpdate in Leicester! Come and talk to us about: - Impact Factor 3.9 - fast turnaround times - free publication for RCP members - our sister journal @futurehealthj.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.co... www.sciencedirect.co...

Do you want to help shape the future of healthcare? We're looking for physicians working outside the UK in any specialty to join the editorial board of @futurehealthj.bsky.social as associate editors Find out more and apply by 1 November 👇🏽 www.rcp.ac.uk/member...

#hotoffthepress 🔥 As we move towards proactive health care, Kitchen et al discuss the challenges of identifying and offering interventions for adults living with frailty in the community Read the full paper ⬇️

How do we proactively identify and offer interventions to older adults living with frailty in the community?

National policy is shifting towards proactive, community-based healthcare for older people living with frailty. There is strong evidence for the effec…

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#hotoffthepress 🔥 Jehan Al Fannah argues that healthcare still measures work by presence, not value. Read more on the productivity illusion, why digital clinical work stays invisible, and what health systems must do to fix it ⏬

The productivity illusion: performance measurement and the invisibility of digital clinical work

Clinical value is now produced in two distinct registers: one that requires physical presence, and one that does not. Performance measurement framewor…

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#mostpopular We're looking back at one of our most popular articles from 2023 by Albert, Baillie and Neal: Unmet needs in street homeless people: a commentary on multiple interconnected needs in a vulnerable group Read the full paper here 👇

Unmet needs in street homeless people: a commentary on multiple interconnected needs in a vulnerable group

Street homeless people face stigmas in addition multiple unmet needs, which may include physical, psychological, mental health and social needs to nam…

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Have you seen the latest issue of our sister journal, @clin-med.bsky.social ? 📢 Featuring a #CME section on #cardiology as well as articles on MASLD, rheumatic heart disease, sepsis and much more to improve your clinical practice 📶 Explore the full issue here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.co...

#hotoffthepress In this #opinion piece, Arora et al discuss the current landscape of synthetic control arms and synthetic data in clinical trials, including barriers to implementation 🚧 and future direction ↗️ www.sciencedirect.co...

#hotoffthepress #opinion From capacity to sustainability: rethinking healthcare flow Can healthcare systems sustain rising activity without exhausting the workforce delivering it? This article introduces 'flow debt' and sustainable healthcare flow ⏬ www.sciencedirect.co...