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class="secondary-heading base-secondary-heading " >Spotlight</p> <p class="heading base-heading " >Artificial intelligence</p> </div> </div>  <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing-pods " > <div class="item item_has-bg items-3 col-12 item_text-below usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c13-bg c13-bg-solid "> <a href="/content-items/video/ai-the-good-the-bad-and-the-beautifiable/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/qrscir4f/4d3db06a-5418-461d-969c-25c3608d7df7.jpg?width=160&height=120&mode=boxpad" width="800" height="600" data-srcset="/media/qrscir4f/4d3db06a-5418-461d-969c-25c3608d7df7.jpg?width=800&height=600&mode=boxpad 1x, /media/qrscir4f/4d3db06a-5418-461d-969c-25c3608d7df7.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&mode=boxpad 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c13-secondary-heading " >Video</p> <p class="heading c13-heading " >AI: The good, the bad and the beautifiable</p> <div class="text c13-text"> <p>In this video, a collection of perspectives and insights to accompany the FHJ edition are explored.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="item item_has-bg items-3 col-12 item_text-below usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c13-bg c13-bg-solid "> <a href="/content-items/blog/fred-vivian-increasing-the-use-of-data-to-guide-decision-making/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/mjlhbcui/rcp6371.jpg?width=160&height=120&rnd=133752123267130000" width="800" height="600" data-srcset="/media/mjlhbcui/rcp6371.jpg?width=800&height=600&rnd=133752123267130000 1x, /media/mjlhbcui/rcp6371.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&rnd=133752123267130000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c13-secondary-heading " >Blog</p> <p class="heading c13-heading " >Fred Vivian: Increasing the use of data to guide decision-making</p> <div class="text c13-text"> <p>Fred Vivian looks at how transforming outpatient services is increasing the use of data to guide decision-making.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="item item_has-bg items-3 col-12 item_text-below usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c13-bg c13-bg-solid "> <a href="/content-items/video/behind-the-paper-moving-beyond-the-ai-sales-pitch/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/davnu4w4/2414.jpg?width=160&height=120&rnd=133754490214900000" width="800" height="600" data-srcset="/media/davnu4w4/2414.jpg?width=800&height=600&rnd=133754490214900000 1x, /media/davnu4w4/2414.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&rnd=133754490214900000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c13-secondary-heading " >Video</p> <p class="heading c13-heading " >Behind the paper - Moving beyond the AI sales pitch</p> <div class="text c13-text"> <p>This video dives into the Future Healthcare Journal’s paper "Moving Beyond the AI Sales Pitch. <span> The discussion focuses on how clinical AI should support and not replace clinicians.</span></p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_pods base-bg base-bg-solid pb-0 " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"> <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing-pods " > <div class="item item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-left usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c13-bg c13-bg-solid "> <a href="/content-items/video/barriers-to-ai/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " 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Dr Arup Sen has experienced first hand how administrative demands can impact daily practice and contribute to cognitive fatigue.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_pods base-bg base-bg-solid has-box-shadows " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-center text-center " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> <p class="heading base-heading " >Upcoming webinars</p> </div> </div>  <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing-pods " > <div class="item item_has-bg items-1 col-12 item_text-right usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/i0ppk1qa/2404.jpg?width=160&height=120&rnd=133758769664200000" width="800" height="600" data-srcset="/media/i0ppk1qa/2404.jpg?width=800&height=600&rnd=133758769664200000 1x, /media/i0ppk1qa/2404.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&rnd=133758769664200000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c1-secondary-heading " >Thursday 28 November 2024, 5.30pm</p> <p class="heading c1-heading " >FHJ: Will artificial intelligence replace clinical decision making within our lifetimes?</p> <div class="text c1-text"> <p>In collaboration with the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ), Medical Care – driving change is hosting a live debate on FHJ’s recent article: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2514664524015686">Will AI replace clinical decision making in our lifetimes?</a></p> <p>Explore valuable insights from the panel of experts, including the RCP’s digital health clinical lead Dr Anne Kinderlerer and Professor Tom Solomon</p> <p><a href="https://www.rcp.ac.uk/events-and-education/events/fhj-debate-will-artificial-intelligence-replace-clinical-decision-making-within-our-lifetimes/" title="Book now for webinar"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Book now</strong></span></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_pods c6-bg c6-bg-solid " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"> <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing-pods " > <div class="item items-1 col-12 item_text-left usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner "> <a href="/acute-care-toolkit/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/ekcd30nd/pharmacy-stock-image.jpg?width=160&height=120&rnd=133765008272530000" width="800" height="600" data-srcset="/media/ekcd30nd/pharmacy-stock-image.jpg?width=800&height=600&rnd=133765008272530000 1x, /media/ekcd30nd/pharmacy-stock-image.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&rnd=133765008272530000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c6-secondary-heading " >Toolkit</p> <div class="text c6-text"> <h3>RCP have launched the new toolkit. Acute care toolkit: 17 Managing multiple medications</h3> <p>The traditional model of healthcare encourages prescribing following single disease guidelines without consideration of the effect of concurrent conditions or alternatives to medicines.</p> </div> <p class="link"> <span class="btn base-btn-bg base-btn-bg-solid base-btn-bg-hover-solid base-btn-text base-btn-borders"> <span></span> Discover more </span> </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_pods base-bg base-bg-solid " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"> <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing-pods " > <div class="item item_has-bg items-1 col-12 item_text-right usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c1-bg c1-bg-solid "> <a href="/content-items/video/dr-kathryn-mannix-author-of-with-the-end-in-mind/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/pthndmd5/kathryn-scaled.jpeg?width=160&height=90&rnd=133753828146970000" width="800" height="450" data-srcset="/media/pthndmd5/kathryn-scaled.jpeg?width=800&height=450&rnd=133753828146970000 1x, /media/pthndmd5/kathryn-scaled.jpeg?width=1600&height=900&rnd=133753828146970000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c1-secondary-heading " >Book club</p> <p class="heading c1-heading " >Dr Kathryn Mannix: Author of With the end in mind</p> <div class="text c1-text"> <p>Book club is hosted by first-year doctor, Dr Josephine Price, and the guest is Dr Kathryn Mannix, retired palliative care doctor and author of ‘With the end in mind’.</p> <p>Discussing a range of topics from, what prompted her to write the book to how the public perceive and understand dying.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_pods base-bg base-bg-solid pt-0 has-box-shadows " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container">  <div class="component-introduction row justify-content-center text-center " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info col"> <p class="heading base-heading " >Campaigns</p> </div> </div>  <div class="component-main row listing listing_basic-grid listing-pods " > <div class="item item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c13-bg c13-bg-solid "> <a href="/urgent-and-emergency-care-planning/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/bmjghpta/rcp2024.jpg?width=160&height=80&rnd=133754625378000000" width="800" height="400" data-srcset="/media/bmjghpta/rcp2024.jpg?width=800&height=400&rnd=133754625378000000 1x, /media/bmjghpta/rcp2024.jpg?width=1600&height=800&rnd=133754625378000000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c13-secondary-heading " >Campaign</p> <p class="heading c13-heading " >Urgent and emergency care</p> <div class="text c13-text"> <p>Workforce is the main limiting factor in the NHS England’s national approach to 2023/24 winter planning. The RCP believes hospitals can maximise their impact through four evidence based interventions.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="item item_has-bg items-2 col-12 item_text-below usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c13-bg c13-bg-solid "> <a href="/transforming-outpatient-care/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/swjay0ba/cqid_outpatient_strategy_website_hero.jpg?rxy=0.48932630294786306,0.4987608409903551&width=160&height=80&rnd=133754625366030000" width="800" height="400" data-srcset="/media/swjay0ba/cqid_outpatient_strategy_website_hero.jpg?rxy=0.48932630294786306,0.4987608409903551&width=800&height=400&rnd=133754625366030000 1x, /media/swjay0ba/cqid_outpatient_strategy_website_hero.jpg?rxy=0.48932630294786306,0.4987608409903551&width=1600&height=800&rnd=133754625366030000 2x" alt=""> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c13-secondary-heading " >Campaign</p> <p class="heading c13-heading " >Transforming outpatient care</p> <div class="text c13-text"> <p>Providing care to ‘outpatients’ is central to specialty medicine and the RCP has a key role in the development and improvement of these services. The RCP is setting out new ambitions for outpatient care and the actions we need to take to deliver real change.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content component usn_cmp_splitcomponent c7-bg c7-bg-solid " > <div class="component-inner"> <div class="container"> <div class="component-main row justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div class="item item_block usn_cmp_text align-self-center col-xl-6 col-md-6 order-md-1 order-1 col-12 " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info text-left"> <p class="secondary-heading c7-secondary-heading " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s" >Organisational audit 2024</p> <h3 class="heading c7-heading " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s" >National Respiratory Audit Programme</h3> <div class="text c7-text " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s"> <p>The NRAP organisational audit report 2024 details information on the resourcing and organisation of asthma and COPD care in hospitals, and PR services in England and Wales.</p> <p>The data collection for the audit ran from 26 February to 29 March 2024. The audit collected cohort data from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 for admissions information, and here static data snapshots were required, for example number of beds, this was taken from September 2023.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.rcp.ac.uk/42504" title="RCP NRAP report page">Click here to see the full report</a></strong></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item item_block usn_cmp_windows align-self-center col-xl-6 col-md-6 order-md-2 order-2 col-12 " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s">  <div class="component-main row listing listing_window-mosaic basic-windows windows-1">  <div class="item item_text-boxed base-bg base-bg-solid " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner">  <div class="image base-bg base-bg-solid">  <div class="image lazyload background-image " 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and NHS for the 1st Global AI Conference in 2025 to share clinical expertise and best practice and discuss the latest cutting-edge developments in this rapidly moving area of healthcare.</p> <ul> <li>3-4 February 2025</li> <li>QEII Centre, London and Online</li> <li>Up to 16 CPD credits</li> </ul> </div> <p class="link"> <span class="btn base-btn-bg base-btn-bg-solid base-btn-bg-hover-solid base-btn-text base-btn-borders"> <span></span> Book now<i class="icon usn_ion-md-open after"></i> </span> </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="item item_has-bg items-3 col-12 item_text-below usn_pod_textimage text-left " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="inner c4-bg c4-bg-solid "> <a href="/new-time-critical-medication-resources-for-health-professionals-launched/" > <div class="image "> <picture> <img class="lazyload " src="/media/amhilxgu/12066.jpg?width=160&height=90&rnd=133753764572700000" width="800" height="450" 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They are engaged in discussion, with one person pointing to a laptop screen and others looking on attentively. All are wearing professional attire, some with stethoscopes, indicating a medical or healthcare context"> </picture> </div> <div class="info "> <p class="secondary-heading c4-secondary-heading " >A series of short videos</p> <p class="heading c4-heading " >The British Thoracic Society (BTS) on chronic cough in adults</p> <div class="text c4-text"> <p>The British Thoracic Society (BTS) recently release its clinical statement on chronic cough in adults, which includes a number of clinical practice points of interests to health professionals working in both primary and secondary care.</p> <p>In this series of short videos, Medical Care – driving change are joined by clinicians and a patient. 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