Latest Workforce news and statements

Greater Access to Less than Full Time Working Required, Says Trainee Survey

09 Nov 2022

A UK-wide survey of medical trainees published in the BMJ has called for greater access to less than full time working (LTFT) after 75% of its respondents expressed an interest in working less than...

The three Royal Colleges of Physicians launches the 2022 census of UK consultants and SAS doctors #PhysicianCensus

02 Nov 2022

Each year the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians of London conducts a census with the aim of providing rob...

Working differently in the shadow of COVID-19: the 2021 UK census of consultant, higher specialty trainee and SAS physicians

13 Oct 2022

The 2021 Consultant Census Report has been jointly published by the College, alongside our colleagues in London and Edinburgh. This year’s census also includes staff, associate specialist and spe...

Colleges set out urgent workforce solutions to keep the NHS running

13 Oct 2022

The Royal College of Physicians in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London have warned that long waiting times in the NHS will become normalised unless the UK government acts immediately, as well as setting ...

College Statement on the GMC National Training Survey Results

21 Jul 2022

The College responds to the National Training Survey 2022 results. ...