President

College President Professor Jackie Taylor has written an update for January including the COVID-19 vaccination.

Professor Jackie Taylor, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has thanked Fellows and Members for their incredible professionalism and dedication to patient care over the last year.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Scotland has today (Thursday 26th November 2020) welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Government of new testing guidance for NHS staff and patients.

Throughout 2020 healthcare has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As we now move into winter, we face the additional challenge of having COVID-19 circulating at the same time as seasonal flu. As a College, we want all our Fellows and Members to be healthy to benefit you, your families and your patients. Increasing the […]

As the number of cases of COVID-19 continue to increase across the UK, governments in all four nations have taken action to get the virus under control. This has resulted in new guidance and restrictions being implemented both regionally and nationally, with more expected in some parts of England over the next week.

Four new Honorary Fellowships were conferred by the College at our first ever Virtual Diploma Ceremony on the 4th September.

The College is saddened to learn that our much-loved former president, Professor Sir Neil James Douglas, passed away peacefully at his home in Perthshire at the weekend.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has called on the Scottish Government to remove the current cap on medical school places in Scotland following the recent announcement of Higher and Advance Higher exam results.

Our College awards the President’s Medal each year to mark outstanding work by one of our Members or Fellows. This year’s recipient was Balram Bhargava, Professor of Cardiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences and was featured in the latest edition of our membership magazine “voice”. The feature is below and College Members can read the full magazine by logging into their online dashboard account.

Special efforts should be made to increase the uptake of this year’s influenza vaccine amongst health and social care workers. Getting more staff immunised is vital to ensuring that the NHS can effectively cope with the expected increase in demand that the health service will face this winter.