Research integrity and publication ethics are key to meaningful scientific literature. This is intended to generate reproducible research findings which can be generalised, and so improve clinical care and contribute to the creation of stronger health policies. Potential research integrity issues include, but are not limited to, lack of or inappropriate consent with therapeutic misperception, faulty research design including use of screening scales for diagnoses, misuse of statistics, not following published protocol, plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), not publishing negative trials, inaccurate referencing, the need for corrigendum or retraction etc. About half of all registered clinical trials are never published, and the published half tend to overstate benefits and understate harms. Poor research design and methodology are rife, including inadequate scholarship, leading to needless or underpowered trials, and incorrect statistical techniques. Thus inaccurate aggregate findings may be disseminated and acted upon. Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) are common, including selective reporting, outcome switching, 'spinning', p-hacking, and other misdemeanours, because published research reflects more the criteria required to achieve publication than scientific accuracy. This session will include a report from the research integrity 'frontline' of the BJPsych Journals, detailing the latest issues and developments including real-life examples of investigations processed by the Journals' Research Integrity Group. We also will discuss other ongoing research integrity efforts and leave plenty of time for discussions with attendees.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists in it's 180 year history, did not seek views from College membership regarding how they view the College and which direction they would like the College to take in future. In 2016 Dr Adrian James, President, RCPsych, in his previous role as Registrar, saw a need to improve College members' involvement in College activities, understand the views of those less well engaged with College. So the post of Associate Registrar (Membership engagement was created. The idea of carrying out a full membership survey was initially proposed by Dr Santoshkumar Mudholkar in his role as Associate Registrar (Membership Engagement) in 2017. This was agreed by the Council in 2019 and planned for 2020 only to be postponed due to covid-19pandemic. The full membership survey (involving over 19,000 U.K. and International members) was undertaken in May-June 2021 and the findings were shared with College Council in July 2021. Dr Adrian James will chair the session. Dr Mudholkar and Dr Seneviratne will present and summarise methodology, main findings of the survey and it's implication for future direction of travel. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet the College President and Registrar face to face, interact with them, share their ideas and become part of future College strategy of membership engagement.