Academy of Medical Royal Colleges


The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is the coordinating body for the United Kingdom and Ireland's 24 Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties. It ensures that patients are safely and properly cared for by setting standards for the way doctors are educated, trained and monitored throughout their careers. The presidents of these organisations meeting regularly to agree direction.
Established in 1974 as the Conference of medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties, it was renamed the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in 1996.
It has established one Faculty of its own - The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, which is jointly administered by the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of General Practitioners.

List of Chairs of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

The Chair is the elected head of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Their term of officer is up to three years.
There is a separate Scottish organisation: The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland.