RCP: Voluntary appointments must reflect diversity of medical workforce

The Royal College of Physicians must do more to fill voluntary roles with people from more diverse backgrounds, a review has said.

Voluntary roles at the college cover a wide range of activities, including acting as trustees, committee members, members of the patient and carer network, and examiners.

The review was conducted by Ben Summerskill, previously chief executive of the charity Stonewall and a commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights commission, to assess the college’s performance on diversity in its workforce and to make recommendations.

It found that just over a third (39%) of UK members of the RCP were from an ethnic minority …