RCPE Press Release
29 November 2010
Doctors have voted antibiotics as the most important medical development in the last 50 years in a poll organised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE).
RCPE Press Release
23 November 2010
Doctors meeting at a conference organised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), will, today (Tuesday 23 November 2010), urge the public and medical staff to be much more vigilant in seeking to prevent sudden cardiac death in children and young people – a ‘hidden’ disease which causes an estimated 600 sudden deaths in children and young people in the UK each year.
RCPE Press Release
15 September 2010
Independent MSP Margo MacDonald will, today (15 September 2010), make a dual plea for greater resources to be allocated to sufferers of Parkinson’s Disease and for doctors to respect patients’ wishes with regard to assisted suicide.
RCPE Press Release
23 August 2010
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has, today, called on the Scottish Government to act urgently to reduce the number of prescribing errors in Scottish hospitals and, in turn, improve patient safety.
RCPE Press Release
18 May 2010
Medical Experts Call For Legislation to Ban Advertising of Unhealthy Food, as Diabetes Increases
A group of over 100 diabetes experts from across Scotland and the UK has called for legislative action to ban all forms of advertising of unhealthy foods to children in order to reduce increasing obesity levels and, in turn, the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
