Leading Medical Excellence

Get free access to lectures from our 2019 Green Health conference, including talks on safe and accessible active transport, fermented foods, microbiomes in human and planetary health, and single-use plastics in hospitals

29 January 2020 - Join us for a day focused on person-centred care and hear from leading experts in the field including Dr Victor Montori, the Mayo Clinic based author of Why We Revolt: A Patient Revolution for Careful and Kind Care

The Institute of Medicine Board will be established in January 2020 and we are inviting expressions of interest from RCPI Fellows in Medicine to become members of the Board. Apply by Friday 10 January 2020.

A new paper by the Faculties of Paediatrics and Public Health Medicine highlights the health risks and harm to children caused by the housing crisis. They are calling for 20 immediate actions across the areas of policy, service provision, and data and research.

Be part of our professional membership body, representing over 11,000 doctors across Ireland and internationally

We can guide you through process of enrolling on a Professional Competence Scheme, which will support your continuing professional development

Ahead of National HPV Awareness Day, the Committee says that denying a young girl HPV vaccine increases the very real risk that they might develop and even die from cervical cancer.

The Irish Government must act quickly to enact the Public Health Alcohol Bill to save lives due to alcohol harm

An opportunity for paediatric frontline teams to learn Quality Improvement and patient safety skills. Learn how to implement an innovative improvement bundle developed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK. Starts November 2019

The RCPI Faculty of Pathology says cervical screening remains the most reliable and effective way of preventing and detecting early cancers.

The fifth Irish Congress of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatal Medicine (ICOGPM) will take place on 28 and 29 November 2019 in the Galway Bay Hotel. Conference programme now available.

Vaccinating boys and girls is the best opportunity we have to eliminate HPV-related cancers in Ireland

Statement

Read the Institute's opening statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health as part of a discussion on clinical guidelines for abortion services in Ireland

The health system urgently needs to fill vacant posts and take actions to retain our highly-trained doctors. In our 2018 pre-Budget submission we are calling on the Government to prioritise the retention and recruitment of doctors.

The office was officially opened on 7 November by Prof Mary Horgan, RCPI President.

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland says that today’s news of a significant increase in uptake of the HPV vaccine is an important step towards cervical cancer elimination in Ireland.

RCPI is hosting a WHO National Quality and Strategy Programme special training workshop with the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) in Dublin this week.

Six Honorary Fellows have been admitted to RCPI and the Faculty of Paediatrics at Europaediatrics 2019

Prizes awarded for Best Oral Presentation, Best Three Minute Magic presentation, and Best Poster. Congratulations to all winners!

On 21 June 2019 we welcomed 22 new Fellows and three Honorary Fellows

527 doctors commenced postgraduate medical training programmes at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in July.

We have launched our Health and Wellbeing Department, an initiative created to aid Trainee and Trainer wellbeing within the College