Ian Gilmore1, Bernard Ribeiro2. 1. President's Office, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE, UK. Electronic address: Linda.Cuthbertson@rcplondon.ac.uk. 2. President's Office, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK.