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Latest press releases

  1. Thu
    22
    Jan
    2026

    Surgeons: Invest in infrastructure and workforce to speed up cuts to waiting lists

    New data, released by NHS Wales for November 2025, shows some progress in cutting the waiting list, but surgeons warn that ambitions to clear the longest waits remain at risk due to staff burnout and theatre access.
  2. Fri
    16
    Jan
    2026

    Surgeons respond to the National Audit Office's update on the New Hospital Programme

    Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO) update on the New Hospital Programme (NHP), Mr Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England), said: “A steadier plan is better than drifting, but patients cannot wait a decade for capacity that we need now."
  3. Thu
    15
    Jan
    2026

    Surgeons: despite falling waiting lists, lack of NHS capacity still threatens the government’s 18-week pledge

    The College responds to the latest NHS consultant-led referral-to-treatment data, which showed the total waiting list decreased by 145,179 in November 2025, with 7.15 million people on the waiting list.
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