What we eat affects not only our physical wellbeing but also how we operate emotionally. The College of Medicine has collaborated with Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist and professional chef Dr Uma Naidoo, our US Ambassador of food and nutrition, on a…
The latest Social Prescribing Network (SPN) blog the College of Medicine is featuring comes from one of the most esteemed voices in healthcare, former United States Surgeon General, Dr Vivek Murthy – and it’s a video! Here, Chair of the…
The week’s Connecting Conversations looks at personal value – not in terms of wealth, but how much you feel like you matter within your family and wider community.
Hertfordshire GP Dr Marie-Anne Essam reflects on the things she’s learned during a long and illustrious career in healthcare – and how clinicians should approach social prescribing…
The newspaper’s investigation found that older people are often seeking help at UK hospitals for side-effects caused by polypharmacy – when a patient is prescribed five drugs or more.
Television personality and author Julia Bradbury explains her techniques – from saunas to spending time outdoors – for better health.
The College of Medicine’s co-chair appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme earlier this summer to discuss worrying trends in children’s health in the UK.
VIDEO: Watch our co-chair, Sir Michael Dixon, summarising the achievements of The College of Medicine over the past 12 months in footage recorded at our annual general meeting…
In a recent fireside chat with the King’s Population Health Institute Vanguard Series, our co-chair, Professor Sir Sam Everington, reflected on both his own career and the future challenges laid out for those working in heatlhcare…
Writing for the Social Prescribing Network’s Connecting Conversations blog, social prescribing advocate Debs Teale, who lives in North Yorkshire, reveals how just one creative session put her life on a new path…
The new research, published in The Lancet, found that the ENO’s Breathe programme delivered clinically measurable improvements for patients diagnosed with the condition.
Claire Walker is a Social Prescriber Link Worker for Billingham and Norton PCN in England’s north-east. Here, she shares what her day-to-day role looks like and how she hopes social prescribing can evolve in the future…
The latest contributor to write for the Social Prescribing Network’s blog has made an important contribution to the development of social prescribing evidence in the UK.
We need to prioritise the bond between children and nature, argues educator Caroline Essame in her book: Why Nature Matters…
This year’s IPM Congress saw an illustrious list of speakers take to the stage at Westminster’s QEII Centre…
Pride as The College of Medicine’s founder and co-chair becomes a Knight Commander of the RVO.
From June 18th to June 20th, we’re heading once more to London’s QEII centre for the most inspiring health conference of the year…
The TV personality and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant has long understood the power of dance when it comes to enhancing both mental and physical health – and now she’s spreading the word in every way she can…
The latest Connecting Conversations blog from the Social Prescribing Network sees Dr Deepak Ravindran discussing pain management…
Know a young healthcare professional looking for a new challenge? Our Student Council could be the perfect opportunity…
An initiative set up by the English National Opera during the pandemic is still going strong six years on…
Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Bromley by Bow Health, Dan Hopewell reflects on how far social prescribing has come – and where we’re heading – on the latest Social Prescribing Network blog post…
The Integrated Medicine Alliance, which operates under the wing of The College of Medicine recently commissioned a nationally representative survey to assess how sentiment and the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) amongst UK adults are shifting. We believe that…
Social Prescribing Day 2026 is almost upon us. Here, as part of the Social Prescribing Network’s Connecting Conversations series, Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, aka @irondoctorhaz, explains why social prescribing is more important than ever…
The latest article in the Connecting Conversations series from the Social Prescribing Network sees MP Dr Simon Opher as guest blogger. Simon is a member of the College of Medicine, and chairs the Beyond Pills All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) and the Creative Health APPG,…
Social Prescribing Day is an annual celebration of all things social prescribing, recognising local community groups and projects which are helping to make a difference to our physical and mental well-being. Since 2019, thousands of local, national and international organisations,…