Update in Medicine — Cardiff is a one-day Royal College of Physicians conference on 2 December 2026 at the Cardiff Marriott Hotel, carrying 6 CPD credits.
The Cardiff 2026 programme focuses on frailty syndrome, respiratory failure, stroke medicine, symptom management in advanced chronic disease, and acute porphyria — the last a deliberately chosen rare-disease session of the kind physicians encounter unprepared. The speaker list has not yet been published; the RCP typically confirms faculty for each regional edition a few months ahead of the date.
The Update in Medicine series is designed by physicians for physicians, with each regional programme curated by RCP regional advisers. Days combine concise clinical updates with live Q&A, professional development content and the Turner-Warwick lecture slot for resident doctors presenting regional research. The format is strictly face-to-face, with no online access, and is built around discussion between delegates, expert faculty and senior RCP officers.
Fees are £125 for RCP subscribing members and fellows at consultant/SAS grade, £285 for non-member consultants, SAS doctors and allied health professionals, £75 for RCP subscribing resident doctors, foundation doctors, medical students, retired fellows and refugee doctors, and £185 for non-member trainees and students. Registration is via the RCP events page.
Frailty and advanced chronic disease symptom control make this edition particularly relevant to physicians in acute medicine, geriatrics and community-facing services, while the respiratory failure and stroke sessions address the highest-volume acute presentations on the medical take.
