Latest Member news

27 November 2009
Special Wine Offer for RSM Members
RSM has linked with Laytons wine merchants to offer special seasonal offers to members. View their selections here [PDF 2.9Mb]. To order please complete and return their order form [PDF 63k], call 020 7288 8862 or email Neill McKenzie at Laytons.

26 November 2009
Student Membership – the perfect Christmas present
Why not buy RSM Student Membership as a Christmas present or even birthday present for your child, grandchild or godchild?
Give them access to our world-class library, with private study rooms and out-of-hours study centre, Member rates for all RSM meetings and membership of the Student Members Group. Plus much more.
Just £30 per year if you pay by DD or a one-off £40 for one year’s Membership.
Open to all medical, dental, veterinary, science and related students – Student or Student Associate Membership.
Contact the Membership team by Friday 11 December and you will have a welcome pack and Membership card delivered to you in time for Christmas. Email membership @ rsm.ac.uk or phone 020 7290 2991.

26 November 2009
Sunday Times Christmas Appeal and the RSM
Each year the Sunday Times has a Christmas Appeal - and this launched on Sunday 22 November. The appeal this year is for the Children of Iraq as there are more than 8,000 children in the country who have been permanently disabled by the conflict.Leading the work with these children is the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).Funds from this year's campaign will primarily go towards the work that MSF are doing to help the children.
In addition 10% of the monies raised will come to the Royal Society of Medicine to support doctors - our role being to provide online journals and other e resources for doctors and medical professionals in both Iraq and Jordan.
The campaign will now run through to Christmas. Visit http://www.msf.org.uk/sunday_times_appeal.aspx to find out more and donate.

28 October 2009
New positions at NHS Direct
NHS Direct are recruiting a non-executive director with a medical background and a part time executive Medical Director. The non-executive director is likely to be a senior doctor with a keen interest in e-health. The Medical Director will be a dynamic medical practitioner to help shape the national approach to remote and digital health services.
To find out more email joanne.shaw @ nhsdirect.uk for the non-executive position and nick.chapman @ nhsdirect.nhs.uk, Chief Executive for the Medical Director role.
Closing date for both posts is 12 noon on 9 November 2009.

9 October 2009
Important note:
Due to the ongoing postal strikes it may be better to join, renew or book meetings online rather than rely on the post.
For membership joining and renewals please visit the joining page or call the membership team on +44 (0)20 7290 2991 as we can take credit card and direct debit payments over the phone.
For meeting bookings please visit the meetings diary page to identify the meetings you wish to attend and book and pay online. This will ensure your place at meetings is guaranteed.

4 October 2009
Closing times for No1 Wimpole Street and Chandos House over Christmas period

• Chandos House
  Will close after breakfast and check out on Sunday 20th December, and re-open on Tuesday 29th December 2010.


• Domus Medica
  Will close after breakfast and check out on 24th December, and re-open on Monday 4th January 2010.


• Club Facilities
  Members' Restaurant will close after lunch on the 23rd December (it will be open for breakfast on 24th December)
  The Restaurant will re-open for a reduced lunch offer on Monday 4th January
  The Bar & Buttery will close at 4.00pm on the 23rd December but will be open for morning only of 24th December
  It will re-open on Monday 4th January .

15 September 2009
Thursday 10 September evening - Hiscox RSM Young Trainee of Year Awards
6 shortlisted doctors made their presentations in the Max Rayne Auditorium in front of judging panel last night. They had each previously won a major RSM prize in the last year and covered a cross section of specialty areas including cardiology, ophthalmology, otology and clinical neurosciences.

Our congratulations go to each of them and especially the winners of the awards:

• 3rd Place and £500 prize Carl Philpott, Laryngology & Rhinology Section prize winner
• 2nd Place and £1000 prize Julian Jarman, Cardiology Section prize winner
• 1st Place and £3000 prize David Hunt, Clinical Neurosciences prize winner

This is an annual event sponsored by Hiscox insurance and to find out more about how to enter please visit our awards pages

Also add in on the description of the competition the details of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st prize winners.

24 August
Festival of Light - Diwali celebration at RSM and an audience with Meera Syal
Friday 9th October evening - a free event open to all RSM Members.
More information...

18 August 2009
RSM New System Introduction - notice of Data Freeze; 24 August - 1 September 2009
We are nearing completion of the first stage to implement a new Customer and Membership database. This new database will be a replacement of our current system and will provide a greater level of functionality; helping us to support our growing membership. To enable us to move our data to the new system, our current system s will be switched off during the week commencing 24 August.

During this time you can continue to contact us with updates on your contact information, book for meetings and renew membership but there will be a short time lag in updating this information before our new database comes online on the 1 September. If you have any queries during this period please contact membership @ rsm.ac.uk

3 August 2009
RSM Website downtime
Lately we have been experiencing problems with our servers, which has resulted in the RSM websites being offline for unspecified periods of time.
We are currently halfway through a migration to a new hosting system, which we hope to start rolling out over the next few weeks. This should mean that we won't have any further problems with website downtime, but until that happens there is a chance that the websites could go down again.
We would like to apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause and wish to assure you that we are working as fast as we can in getting the new system online to provide improved reliability and access.

16 July
Medical Innovations Summit - places still available.
The Medical Innovations Summit on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September, brings together an expansive selection of professionals from the medical professions for an intensive briefing on the latest medical innovations.

There are limited places available and it's free to register. For more information and to sign up, please visit the Medical Innovations Summit microsite.

15 July 2009
Domus refurbishment update:
The sample bedroom in Domus has now been completed!
New pictures can be found on our Gallery page, where you can compare the old room layout with the new and modern look. The Domus diary page, which contains useful information on the development of the Domus rooms, has also been updated.

Please note that Domus will close for refurbishment on 19 July.

10 July 2009
New online revision courses from examdoctor.co.uk, produced by the Royal Society of Medicine Press.
examdoctor.co.uk has recently added new revision courses for:

• MRCPsych Paper 2
• MRCPsych Paper 3
• and Medical Student Finals

Brand new questions have also been added to:

• Final FRCR Part A
• and MRCPsych Paper 1

To view the full list of revision courses visit examdoctor.co.uk. All RSM members who purchase a subscription to any examdoctor revision course between now and 31 July 2009 can receive a 20% discount by entering the code EDRSM0609 at checkout.

1 July 2009
Results of RSM Council Elections
Thank you to all RSM Fellows who voted in the recent elections for new Trustees to sit on the RSM Council from 1 October 2009. The successful candidates are:

• Dr Bill Cattell
• Professor Nadey Hakim
• Surgeon Commodore Grant McMillan
• Professor Ivan Roitt
• Dr John Scadding
• Professor Patricia Woo

30 June 2009
The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2009
The Queen's Birthday Honours List recognises the outstanding achievement and service by people across the whole of the community. The following list is of Members who were recognised in the 2009 list:

Knights Bachelor
Mr Andrew J Cash

CBE
Dr Penelope J Bevan
Professor Yvonne H Carter
Dr June M Raine
Professor Graham J Zellick

OBE
Dr Timothy L Chambers
Mr Eric S Nash
Dr Diane G Newell
Mr James W R Peyton
Professor Sheila A Rodwell

MBE
Emmanuel Akuffo

12 June 2009
Domus refurbishment update:
The sample bedroom for our Domus refurbishment has now been stripped and is ready to be converted into the show-room. New images can be found on the Domus gallery page.

5 June 2009
Domus refurbishment update:
Work has now started on developing sample bedroom this week - for images please visit the Domus gallery page.

2 June 2009
Physician assisted suicide - inter-school debate at the Royal Society of Medicine
Members are invited to attend the final of the Debating Matters inter-school debating competition, to be held at the RSM on Sunday 5 July.

Hear sixth formers argue for and against physician assisted suicide while grilled by doctors and philosophers. In the finale, winners of the Indian finals will compete against UK finalists to argue whether anti-terrorism measures threaten civil liberties.
To book your free place, please email Carmel Turner.

27 April 2009
Building Works in the Library Basement
Commencing Wednesday 29th April there will be building work in the basement locked stack to upgrade the air conditioning system. Most locked stack items will be inaccessible while the work is carried out. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

24 April 2009
Club news
Due to demand we have introduced new services for Members in both the Buttery and the Restaurant.

The Buttery sees a range of afternoon tea being served from 2.00pm until 5.00pm Monday to Friday, with the option of adding a glass of champagne or sparkling wine for that special occasion.

The Bar and Buttery are still open at weekends for snacks, soup and sandwiches.

15 April 2009
Online resources access issue now resolved
Some of our users - particularly within the NHS - have been having problems accessing our online resources, such as the e-journals, databases and e-books.

We are pleased to announce that this problem has been resolved and that all users should be able to access the online resources without any problems.

29 March 2009
Domus Microsite now online
In order to keep our Members' up to date with the refurbishment of the Domus Medica, we have set up a special microsite with room specifications, galleries and information on reciprocal arrangements for accomodation while Domus is being refurbished.
Domus 09 Microsite.

26 March 2009
Library Catalogue Unavailable on the evening of Monday 30 March
Due to essential maintenance work the Library catalogue will be unavailable from 5.00 pm on Monday 30th March. The catalogue should be online again by Tuesday morning. Other systems will not be affected. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

15 March 2009
RSM News now available
The latest issue of RSM News is now available. It can be downloaded from our publications page and all members will receive a copy of this in the post in the next week.

Also now available is the RSM Annual Report and Accounts for 2007/8. If you would like to be sent a printed copy of this please contact membership @ rsm.ac.uk or to download a copy of this visit our publications page.

6 March 2009
Interested in a career move to Victoria, Australia?
Free information seminars across UK in April 2009 for those considering a move to Australia. Members can find out more here about Victoria Government and working in this part of Australia.
More information can be found in our Members section.

22 January 2009
Refurbishment of Domus to go ahead in 2009
RSM Council provided approval for the planned Domus refurbishment programme to be undertaken later this year providing much improved accommodation for our Members. We anticipate Domus being closed between Monday 20th July and early November 2009 and plans are underway to provide alternative accommodation at local hotels and nearby Clubs. During the next few months we will keep you updated on the progress of this project.

21 January 2009
New Year Honours List 2009
The Queen's New Year Honours List recognises the outstanding achievement and service by people across the whole of the community. The following list is of Members who were recognised in the 2009 list:

Knights Bachelor
Bernard F Ribeiro

DBE
Sally C Davies

CBE
Sue Roberts
Peter N T Wells

OBE
James A H Cave
Susan E Gregory
Christopher J Heginbotham
Alan Maynard
Geoffrey Ridgway

MBE
Emmanuel Akuffo

APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH
As Companions
Lieutenant General Louis Patrick LILLYWHITE MBE QHS
Late Royal Army Medical Corps

APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
As Commanders
Surgeon Commodore Timothy Roger DOUGLAS-RILEY QHP

To view the full New Year Honours list 2009 visit the Honours website.

20 January 2009
New Travel Insurance Scheme
Members can now benefit from great rates and extensive cover via our new scheme through JLT. Cover is available up to age 89 and includes Business Cover automatically together with family policies including your children up to the age of 23 if in full time education. Find out more... [requires login].

3 December 2008
RSM Archive of Members' Memoirs
The RSM has launched a new project in conjunction with our Retired Fellows Society to develop an Archive of Memoirs made up of contributions from our Members. To find out how to participate in this exciting project please go to the RFS page.

19 November 2008
Retired Fellows Society launches The Camera Club
Are you a member of the Retired Fellows Society and have an interest in photography?
If so then you will be interested to learn more about the newly formed camera club which is planning a number of meetings in the coming months. To find out more about coming along to these please see The Camera Club page.

17 November 2008
Ancient Egyptian Medicine Exhibition,
1 December 2008 - 28 February 2009
This major exhibition will focus on health and disease, and how the ancient Egyptians treated and cured it. You will meet Imhotep, the Egyptian god of medicine, and find out about mummification.
The exhibition, which is free to the public, will take place in the RSM Heritage Centre on the 2nd floor of the Library, from 1 December 2008 until 28 February 2009.
More information can be found on our Exhibitions page.

12 November 2008
Delia Smith webcast now available
The webcast of the talk given by Delia Smith at the RSM on 20 October is now available on our website. It can be viewed in our fundraising section.

27 October 2008
Apologies to members who were visiting the RSM at lunchtime on Monday 27th October and had to be evacuated from our building.
We had a small fire which started in the basement which was rapidly extinguished by the Fire Brigade. No one was hurt and we were given the all clear by the Fire Brigade to return to 1 Wimpole Street just before 3.30pm.
Thank you to everyone for evacuating the building so quickly and being so understanding. We apologise if your studies, meeting or lunch was interrupted but it was paramount that everyone left the premises for their own safety.

27 October 2008
New library feature - Online document request form.
We have recently introduced a new Library facility to our Document Delivery and Inter Library Loan services.
You can now request documents via a secure online request form which allows you to enter your:

• personal details
• item request(s)
• payment details

This form also has a copyright declaration section.
The print format is still available via the website [PDF 76k] and from the Library Enquiry Desk.

21 October 2008
Herbals Exhibition, from Monday 17 November
An exhibition entitled Herbals in the Library of the Royal Society of Medicine will take place in the RSM Library from Monday 17 November until Friday 28 November 2008.
Among the items on display will be Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal, Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora, and John Parkinson's Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris.
The exhibition will be open to the public and, as well as herbals, will also include books on plants and gardening from the library’s old-and-rare collection.

10 October 2008
King's Fund Database available from 10th October
From Friday 10 October, the King's Fund database will be accessible via the Library webpages.
The King's Fund database is produced by the Information & Library Service at this independent UK health charity. Its resources reflect the King's Fund's focus on improving health and health care, covering policy and management of health and social care services in the UK.
Main subject areas include National Health Service (NHS) management, social care, health inequalities, urban health and regeneration, race and health, partnership working, primary care, mental health, public involvement, and workforce development in the NHS.

9 October 2008
Baroness Warnock Lecture - Sunday October 12 2008
Please note this lecture has been cancelled.

4 October 2008
"Department of the healing art": Mr John Howard Mummery (1847-1926)
An exhibition celebrating the history and scientific contributions of the Odontological Section is now on display on the 2nd floor of the Library. It will run until 14th November.

8 September 2008
RSM reaches record number of ejournals
The Royal Society of Medicine now has a record number of ejournals that members can access remotely - currently nearly 1000.
e-journals list as at September 2008 PDF [48k]

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