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Pride 2022: How times have changed
In this special blog post to celebrate Pride, Rainbow SIG Finance officer Dr Josep Vilanova reflects on how attitudes have changed since he was a trainee.
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Find out what happened at our 2022 AGM
Adrian shares an update about what happened at the 2022 AGM that took place on the first day of our International Congress in Edinburgh.
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Why I am dropping the post-nominal proposal
We have listened to your concerns: the proposal to create new post-nominals will be put on pause and we will focus on extending voting rights.
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My personal message: why we need to change
The natural next step in our values-based journey as an inclusive, progressive and caring Medical Royal College.
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Out goes the silverware display, in comes the History Wall
Francis Maunze, the College Archivist, discusses the changing display in Prescot Street from the silverware collection to the new History Wall.
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Collaboration and communities: advancing mental health equality in vulnerable rural groups
Ed Barrett, Project Manager for the Advancing Mental Health Equality Collaborative, spoke to two participants of the first wave of this collaborative to find out about their positive experiences.
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Pride 2022: Our LGBTQ+ survey, what next?
The chair of the College's Rainbow SIG discusses the LGBTQ+ member survey, what needs to happen next, and why Pride is important.
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RCPsych Wales - Calls for a new service and treatment pathway for Tourette's Syndome
Ahead of a Senedd debate, Dr Amani Hassan explains the need for focus on Tourette's Syndrome in Wales.
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Dr John Conolly's 228th birthday: compassion in psychiatric care
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses unveiling of the new English Heritage blue plaque to Dr John Conolly on the site of Hanwell Asylum.
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Psychiatry at home and abroad
Adrian reflects on his visits to overseas psychiatric conferences, a trip to Clarence House, attending a Doctors in Distress event and meeting the new chair of NHS England.
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Reflections on loneliness - Melanie Owen
For mental health awareness week (9 - 15 May), Melanie Owen reflects on her own experiences with loneliness and how to find support.
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Mental Health Awareness Week – Rachael from YoungMinds on loneliness
Rachael, a YoungMinds activist, talks about her experiences of loneliness during the pandemic and the importance of making connections.
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Mental Health Awareness Week – Dr Trudi Seneviratne on Loneliness
Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar at the College, writes about loneliness - the theme of 2022's Mental Health Awareness Week – and reflects on the loneliness experienced by people during the ...
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To the highest of standards
Dr Pavan Srireddy shares how the RCPsych in Scotland, alongside the College’s National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, are helping to develop quality standards for secondary adult mental health care ...
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The Light Inside - a new film about mental illness and recovery
Consultant psychiatrist Dr William Bruce-Jones is an advisor on 'The Light Inside' - a new short film about mental illness. In this blog post he discusses his experiences working on ...
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A special time of year
In his April blog post, Adrian talks about the need for a long-term plan for mental health and our new resource on asylum seekers and refugees.
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RCPsych Wales - Mental health inequalities in Wales
Professor Rob Poole 'From attending the local foodbank to not having enough money to cover your electricity bill – living in poverty can mean different things to different people'.
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RCPsych Wales - Coming out of COVID
How is the College working with government to reshape mental health services as we look towards a post-Covid world?
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Procrastiplanting: when you have a million things to do – but ignore everything and re-pot plants
Drs Sidra Chaudhry (ST5) and Dasal Abayaratne (ST6) discuss how becoming 'lockdown gardeners' helped them during the pandemic, in a variety of ways.
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Hot cross buns on Good Friday – then and now
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the rising cost of inpatient care in the early 1920s and reflects on how that compares to our current funding landscape....
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