Terminology

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common, long-term autoimmune inflammatory disease that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints (typically affecting the hands, feet and wrists).

NICE CKS - RA

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the professional body for GPs in the UK.

RCGP website

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is the professional body for paediatricians in the UK, responsible for postgraduate training, education and career support.

RCPCH works on a range of programmes, including research, to improve child health in the UK and across the world.

RCPCH website

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is here to support you throughout your career to enable you to deliver the highest standards of healthcare to patients.

RCPE website

RCPE events website

RCPE venue website

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) is the professional body responsible for education and training, and setting and raising standards in psychiatry.

RCPsych website

Renal replacement therapy (RRT) includes dialysis and transplantation.

NICE Guideline 107 - Renal replacement therapy and conservative management

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is an uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding into the space around the brain (the subarachnoid space, found between the arachnoid and pia mater).

SAH classically produces a thunderclap headache - patients report a sudden-onset headache that is the worst headache of their life.

SAH can be traumatic (the most common cause), caused by head injury, or be spontaneous, typically due to a ruptured berry aneurysm.

Radiopaedia - SAH

Speech and Language Therapy (SALT or SLT) is an AHP.

SALT involves the support and treatment for people who have speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties.