"Marianne Millwood was confident of the importance of her manuscript but thwarted in her ambition to publish at every turn." Zoё McElhinney charts the story of one woman’s fight against prejudice #BMJChristmas https://t.co/8aZ2KeWl3f

Join us on Thursday for our Free Members’ Webinar: ‘Beyond the Clinic – why psychiatrists need support too’. Chaired by @apksachar, hear from @MullerSedgwick and Dr Su Sukumaran. Find further details and register here: https://t.co/ZElNe6N4Lp #RCPsychLive

"In many countries, health is no longer seen as a social good, but more as a profit-driven industry." @TheLancet

Today we published the 2025 UK Surgical Workforce Census Report. Without urgent investment in theatres, staff and infrastructure, meeting waiting time targets will be near impossible. Read more about the key findings and what we are calling for: https://t.co/sZIwPXuaRh

Denying patients doctors because a trade union is challenging you is the very definition of holding patients to ransom....

Another Sunday well spent. Thank you @dr_a_shivram &team @bipa_uk for inviting me to chair today’s #PsychTalk session on #PerinatalPsychiatry. Great discussions on lithium in pregnancy, postnatal psychosis & PMDD, inspiring enthusiasm from IMGs and early-career psychiatrists.

Rates of domestic abuse are especially high among female healthcare professionals. Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse? @AdeleWatersRx https://t.co/PFZw1q1ShR

New analysis suggests the recent rise in health-related benefit claims is likely to be partly explained by the sharp drop in real incomes from the cost of living crisis. Social security should be there for any of us when we need it, such as losing a job or becoming unwell.

The recently published primary phase of NHS England’s Medical Training Review offers the first in-depth examination of postgraduate training in over 15 years. The review is a first step towards fixing resident doctor training https://t.co/WuRnc37Z6p

I sat through 13 evidence panels on the Assisted Dying select committee and I didn’t hear a single professional Body support the Bill in its current form. The Lords must be allowed to get on with our work. I signed this letter along with 6 other members of the select committee👇🏼

You can’t be a “party girl” at 13. You can’t consent to sex at 13. You’re not “down with it” at 13. This was rape. It’s always been rape. It will always be rape. I’m so tired of rape apologists trying to normalize pedophilia. These were children.

Scientists have characterized the broad genetic patterns that are shared across 14 psychiatric disorders. Could it reframe how mental-health conditions are diagnosed? https://t.co/xb0QlhvblN

In the fifth and final podcast of our series exploring ways in which we can support our members to #ThriveinPsychiatry, we speak to three members about their career – what have been their career highlights, what barriers have they faced, and what more are they looking to achieve?

4·6 billion people lacked essential health services in 2023. Universal health coverage stands as the organising vision for national health systems. Yet translating this promise into reality has proven complex. On #UHCDay, read our latest Editorial: https://t.co/QKJwxw1zkN

A woman said I looked ridiculous wearing this, so I pointed out her fake Hermès scarf…

Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name... so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why. (High-res version on link.) https://t.co/ngxyZXCumo

Yesterday, an inquest concluded the IPP sentence was likely the most significant reason for Taylor Atkinson’s desperate actions when he took his own life in prison. To understand how this inhumane jail term is devastating lives, please read his story: https://t.co/nVx5KtVBlm

NHS hospitals face a “worst case scenario” this month with another surge in flu admissions, health leaders warn. An average of 2660 patients a day were in a hospital bed with flu last week, figures show. This is the highest ever for this time of year https://t.co/7oRPeWvJ3w

Minister misleads MPs as mystery deepens over new £2 billion cuts to disability benefits #DWP #Budget2025 #BenefitCuts @StephenCTimms https://t.co/bb6KKTaZz2

@wesstreeting as a matter of interest- does this mean the PLAB exams will now stop? @gmcuk Or reduced? No point in making IMGs spend their money if no jobs for them?