Regulation update – transitional arrangements announced Today, the General Medical Council (GMC) released their next steps in the regulation process, including announcing what the... more

COVID19: Change to required hours of clinical practice – June 2020 Following the announcement on 24 March 2020 regarding the 1400-hour clinical placement minimum, the PASC... more

Equality and Diversity concern - next steps Last week, alongside the RCP president and chief executive, I released a joint statement addressing Black Lives Matter, racism... more

Black Lives Matter Racism is prevalent in our society, the profession and the NHS. As a white woman, I am very aware of the privilege I benefit from and that I will never experience racism.... more

RCP postpones annual conference Medicine 2020 until January The Royal College of Physicians has decided to postpone its annual Medicine conference until 7-8 January 2021 – to... more

Notice of planned online website outage If you have recently completed the FPA national examination and are awaiting the release of your results on 12 March, we want to give you notice that... more

BMA publishes new report on MAPs The BMA, trade union and professional association for doctors and medical students across the UK, has released a report that covers covers the increasing... more

Personal and professional development toolkit  We consider ongoing education, training and high standards of practice amongst all physician associates (PAs) vital to delivering... more

MVR number update - November 2019 We would like to update you on the progress of applications. We have been working hard to process all applications and have awarded membership to 127... more

Membership delay update November 2019 We'd like to sincerely apologise for the problems some of you have faced over the past week with delayed exam results and the upgrading of your... more