New global ranking for life expectancy shows decades-long UK decline
16 March 2023
A new analysis of global rankings of life expectancy over seven decades shows the UK has done worse than all G7 countries except the USA.
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Latest media releases
Organ damage for 59% of patients with long COVID continues a year after initial symptoms
15 February 2023
A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over 12 months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with the virus.
Remote symptom reporting systems for patients may reduce outpatient waiting lists
10 February 2023
Digital systems for patients to monitor and report symptoms remotely may offer a solution to reduce outpatient waiting lists, according to a new review published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Exhibition: The Golden Age of Melancholy, Royal Society of Medicine Library
16 January 2023
A new exhibition of historical medical literature has opened at the Royal Society of Medicine, offering a glimpse into the many ways in which melancholy was understood during the early modern period (1550-1750).
Prudent healthcare approach key to transforming health and care system
09 December 2022
A 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.
Self-driven healthcare can improve health outcomes and reduce costs
02 December 2022
A vision for building sustainable, self-driven healthcare spanning primary care, secondary care and the wider health and social care system has been set out by medical innovators writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Urgent need for increase in visa cap for international doctors
11 November 2022
There is an urgent need to increase the cap on visas to allow more international medical graduates to work and train in the NHS.
Professor Gillian Leng CBE appointed Dean of Education at the Royal Society of Medicine
17 October 2022
Professor Gillian Leng CBE has been appointed the next Dean of Education at the Royal Society of Medicine. She will take up her post on 24 October 2022.
BBC journalists win award for exposing false science behind Covid ‘miracle drug’
12 October 2022
Royal Society of Medicine and Medical Journalists' Association announce winners of inaugural Sarah Hughes Trust Prize.
No quick fix for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among UK South Asian communities
05 October 2022
The complex, multiple factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and scepticism among UK South Asian communities mean ‘quick fix’ solutions to increase uptake of the vaccines will be ineffective, according to new research published by JRSM Open.
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