College of Medicine

16/09/2026

Designed for health professionals and allied practitioners, students in healthcare and interested members of the public, the third annual Bodymind Conference takes place on November 14th - and we can't wait to see you there!

Book on the link below - and find out more about the other College of Medicine events we have coming up...

https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/events

14/09/2026

As Grace explains in the video, students attending The Bodymind Conference, taking place in London on Saturday 14th November, pay just £10...get your tickets today on the link below:

https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/events/ #!event/2026/11/14/the-bodymind-conference-re-membering-body-mind-as-one-open-to-all-discount-for-college-members

You can follow - and join! - our student faculty too over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collegeofmedstudents

14/09/2026

Graphic from BBC News highlighting some of the food changes being introduced from 2027 in English schools...

Read the full article here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4zrepw78eo

11/09/2026

🎤Get your tickets now for The Bodymind Conference, taking place in London on Saturday, 14th November.

Find out more here:
https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/events/ #!event/2026/11/14/the-bodymind-conference-re-membering-body-mind-as-one-open-to-all-discount-for-college-members

09/09/2026

The Bodymind Faculty of the College of Medicine is delighted to announce that the third Bodymind Conference will take place in London on Saturday, 14th November.

The event offers a unique opportunity to explore diverse approaches to innovative Bodymind interventions and support self-care.

Designed for health professionals and allied practitioners, students in healthcare and interested members of the public, this event invites you to expand your awareness, explore options that enhance well-being for yourself and others, gain new insights and connect with like-minded individuals in an informal and relaxing environment close to Camden Town station.

Find out more here:
https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/events/ #!event/2026/11/14/the-bodymind-conference-re-membering-body-mind-as-one-open-to-all-discount-for-college-members

07/09/2026

An investigation published in yesterday's The Times and The Sunday Times focused on the alarming numbers of older patients seeking help in NHS hospital A&E departments - 1,000-a-day - because of the side-effects of mixing prescribed medicines.

Read more here:
https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/over-prescribing-sends-1000-elderly-people-a-day-to-ae-sunday-times-report-finds/

24/08/2026

'In this life there are few things we can be sure of - but one is that we will die. There's nothing we can do about it in the end - but there are things we can do to prolong the inevitable. Over the past few years I've been on a mission to explore what those things are...'

A fascinating blog post from Julia Bradbury as part of the Social Prescribing Network's Connecting Conversations series.

Read it in full on the link below and at https://www.socialprescribingnetwork.com/blog

https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/connecting-conversations-julia-bradbury-on-healthy-hacks-for-a-longer-life/

17/08/2026

In July, our co-chair, Professor Sir Sam Everington, appeared on Radio 4's Today programme alongside other healthcare professionals to discuss children's health in the UK.

His appearance on the radio programme saw Professor Sir Sam discuss obesity, poor dental health, Vitamin D deficiencies and how Type 2 diabetes, often caused by factors linked to lifestyle, has risen in young adults.

Click below to listen to the clip...

03/08/2026

In July, The College of Medicine’s key stakeholders met for our annual general meeting.

During the AGM, our co-chair, Sir Michael Dixon, reflected on our successes during the previous year – including the rise of social prescribing initiatives on a global scale, as well as issuing a rallying cry over the urgent work that still needs to be done to improve healthcare for everyone.

Watch Sir Michael’s address below, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more College of Medicine videos…

Sir Michael Dixon presenting the report from the Co-Chairs of the C...

29/07/2026

Our co-chair, Professor Sir Sam Everington, was a recent guest on the King’s Population Health Institute Vanguard Series via King's College London.

You can watch the fascinating fireside chat on the link below and hear our co-chair discussing how he has seen the impact integrated, community-based care can achieve at his Bromley-by-Bow practice...plus the advice he’d offer to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/health-health-health-college-of-medicine-co-chair-prof-sir-sam-everington-reveals-what-he-would-tell-the-new-pm/