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.
RCPE Press Release
24 March 2010
Speaking shortly after the publication of the Royal College of Physicians of London’s report on Passive Smoking in Children, Dr Neil Dewhurst, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), said,
RCPE Press Release
01 March 2010
Dr Neil Dewhurst has been elected as the next President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE).
RCPE Press Release
02 February 2010
A leading international infection control expert will warn doctors gathering in Edinburgh today (2 February 2010), at a conference organised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), that “extraordinary resources” and enhanced infection control measures are likely to be required to prevent the spread of Clostridium difficile (C.difficile) infections which are thought to have led to a significant increase in related deaths in Scotland in recent years.
