Publications by year
2022
2019
2018
- Annual Report 2017 - 2018 (RCSENG - Council - 2018)
- End of Life Care Guidance (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2018)
- RCS Surgical Care Team Guidance Framework (RCSENG - Communications - 2018)
- Working together to improve the local delivery of the General Surgery of Childhood ( - 2018)
2017
- Annual Report 2016 -2017 (RCSENG - Council - 2017)
- Live Surgery Broadcasts - Position Statement (RCSENG - Communications - 2017)
- Outpatient clinics: A guide to good practice (Clinical Effectiveness Unit - 2017)
- RCS Surgical Research Report 2017 (RCSENG - Research - 2017)
- Using data to support change in clinical practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2017)
2016
- A Question of Balance: The extended surgical team (RCSENG - Communications - 2016)
- Annual Report 2015 -2016 (RCSENG - Council - 2016)
- Avoiding Unconscious Bias: A guide for surgeons (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2016)
- Caring for patients who refuse blood - a guide to good practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2016)
- Consent: Supported Decision-Making - a good practice guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2016)
- Guidance for Producing Cosmetic Surgery Information for Patients (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2016)
- Handbook for College Assessors 2016 (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2016)
- Professional Standards for Cosmetic Surgery (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2016)
- Smokers and Overweight Patients: Soft targets for NHS savings? (RCSENG - Communications - 2016)
2015
- Actions for the Government to Improve Oral Health (FDS - 2015)
- Annual Report 2014-2015 (RCSENG - Council - 2015)
- Course Accreditation (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Dental Sedation Report (FDS - 2015)
- Duty of Candour - Guidance for Surgeons and Employers (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- First Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- Improving Surgical Training (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Mentoring - A Guide to Good Practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Morbidity and Mortality - A Guide to Good Practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- National Bowel Cancer Audit (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- National Bowel Cancer Audit - Supplementary (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- National Undergraduate Curriculum in Surgery (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- National Vascular Registry Annual Report (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- NPCA Annual Report (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- Paediatric Emergency Appendicectomy - Commissioning guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Paediatric Orchidoplexy - Commissioning guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Quality Indicators for Job Plans for SAS Surgeons (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- RCS Briefing - Seven Day Care Briefing (RCSENG - Communications - 2015)
- Report on the State of Children's Oral Health (FDS - 2015)
- Standards for non specialist emergency surgical care of children (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Standards for Non-specialist Emergency Surgical Care of Children (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- State of Surgery in Wales (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
- Surgical Research Report 2015-16 (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- Tomorrow's Leaders (RCSENG - Research - 2015)
- Undergraduate Curriculum (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2015)
2014
- Access All Ages 2 (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Annual Report 2013-2014 (RCSENG - Council - 2014)
- Arthroscopic Meniscectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Breast Lumpectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Breast Mastectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Breast Reducation - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Building a Culture of Candour (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Careers in Surgery 2014 (RCSENG - Careers - 2014)
- Carpel Tunnel Release (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Cataract Surgery (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Colinic Diverticular Disease - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Commissioning Guide on Management of Paediatric Torsion for Consultation (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Confidentiality and Disclosure of Health Information - Toolkit (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Coronary Artery Bypass (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Discectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Duty of Candour Review - Final Report (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Emergency General Surgery - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Faecal Incontinence - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- From Innovation to Adoption (RCSENG - Communications - 2014)
- Gall Bladder Removal (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- GMC Revalidation FAQs for Retired Doctors (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Good Surgical Practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Good Surgical Practice - Mentoring (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Good Surgical Practice - Morbidity and Mortality Meetings (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Groin Hernia Repair (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Guidance on Supporting Information for Revalidation for Surgery (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Guide on Revalidation for SAS Surgeons (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Laparoscopic Nephrectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Lung Resection (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Massive Weight Loss Body Countouring - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Nasal Septoplasty (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Oesophagectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Postgraduate Programme Accreditation Standards (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Provision of General Children's Surgery - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Raising Concerns - A Quick Guide for Surgeons (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Revalidation Guide for Surgery (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Subacromial Shoulder Pain - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Surgical Leadership: A guide to best practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ) - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- The High Performing Surgical Team: A guide to best practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Thyroidectomy (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Total Hip Replacement (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Total Knee Replacement (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
- Treatment of Painful Tingling Fingers - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Using Social Media - A Practical and Ethical Guide for Surgeons (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Weight Assessment and Management Tier Services - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2014)
- Wisdom Teeth Extraction (Patient Liaison Group - 2014)
2013
- Acting on Concerns (RCSENG - Communications - 2013)
- Annual Report 2011-2012 (RCSENG - Council - 2013)
- Annual Report 2012-2013 (RCSENG - Council - 2013)
- Asymptomatic Scrotal Swelling - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Foreskin Conditions - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Gallstones - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Good Medical Practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Hernia - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Hospital Episode Stats and Revalidation (RCSENG - Research - 2013)
- Improving Surgical Practice: Learning from the experience of RCS invited reviews (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Mid-Staffordshire NHS FT Public Inquiry: The RCS view (RCSENG - Communications - 2013)
- National Vascular Registry Report on Surgical Outcomes (RCSENG - Research - 2013)
- Orthognathic Procedures - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Osteoarthritis of Knee - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Otitis Media with Effusion - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Painful Deformed Great Toe in Adults - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Painful Hip - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Pinnaplasty - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Professional Standards for Cosmetic Practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Rectal Bleeding - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Reshaping Surgical Services: Principles for Change (RCSENG - Communications - 2013)
- Rhinosinusitis - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Standards for Children's Surgery (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Surgical Research Report 2013 (RCSENG - Research - 2013)
- The High Performing Surgical Team (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- The Shape of Training (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Tonsillectomy - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
- Varicose Veins - Commissioning Guide (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2013)
2012
- A Public Poll on the Word 'Surgeon' (Patient Liaison Group - 2012)
- Access All Ages: Assessing the impact of ages on access to surgical treatment (RCSENG - Communications - 2012)
- Clinical Guidelines and Integrated Care Pathways for the Oral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities (FDS - 2012)
- Emergency General Surgery (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2012)
- Liver Transplant Audit Report (RCSENG - Research - 2012)
- Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) Breast Implants: Joint Surgical Statement on Clinical Guidance for Patients, GPs and Surgeons (RCSENG - Communications - 2012)
- RCS Response - Centre for Workforce Intelligence: Shape of the Medical Workforce (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2012)
- RCS Response - Draft EU Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (RCSENG - Communications - 2012)
- RCS Response - NICE Consultation on Potential COF Indicators (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2012)
- RCS Response to Welsh Assembly Health Strategy (RCSENG - Communications - 2012)
- RCS Response to Welsh Assembly Organ Donation White Paper (RCSENG - Communications - 2012)
- Surgical Research Report 2012 (RCSENG - Research - 2012)
- Surgical Workforce Report 2011 (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2012)
- UK Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit Report (RCSENG - Research - 2012)
2011
- Emergency Surgery: Standards for unscheduled care (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2011)
- From Theory to Theatre: Overcoming barriers to innovation in surgery (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- Laryngeal Transplantation: Working party final report (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- Locum Surgeons: Principles and standards (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2011)
- National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - Fourth Report (RCSENG - Research - 2011)
- Patient Outcomes in Surgery Report (RCSENG - Research - 2011)
- RCS Briefing - Health and Social Care Bill 2011 (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Briefing - Health and Social Care Bill: Second Reading (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Briefing - Health and Social Care Bill: Third Reading and Report Stage Briefing (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Briefing - Procedures of Limited Clinical Value (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Position Statement - Commissioning a Competent Surgical Service (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS position statement - Surgical assistants (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Commissioning a Competent Surgical Service (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - European Commission Consultation on the Professional Qualifications (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - European Commission Green Paper on Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - European Commission Second Phase Consultation: Reviewing the European Working Time Directive (RCSENG - Council - 2011)
- RCS Response - Future Forum, Phase Two: Education and Training (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Future Forum, Phase Two: Information (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Future Forum, Phase Two: Integrated Services (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Health and Social Care Bill: Re-committall to Bill Committee (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Innovation in the NHS (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - NHS Future Forum: Listening Exercise (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Proposals for Legislation on Organ and Tissue Donation (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- RCS Response - Proposals to Introduce Independent Prescribing to Podiatrists (RCSENG - Communications - 2011)
- REFER Project Research Report (RCSENG - Research - 2011)
- Surgical Research Report 2011 (RCSENG - Research - 2011)
- Surgical Workforce 2010: Profile and Trends (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2011)
- Surgical Workforce Census Report (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2011)
- The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient: Towards improved care for a forgotten group (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2011)
- Theory to Theatre (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2011)
2010
- Annual Report 2008-2009 (RCSENG - Council - 2010)
- Annual Report 2009-2010 (RCSENG - Council - 2010)
- Ensuring the Provision of General Paediatric Surgery in the District General Hospital (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2010)
- General Paediatric Surgery Survey (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2010)
- Locum Doctor Costs in NHS Trusts in England (RCSENG - Communications - 2010)
- Medical Education England Review of the Impact of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on the Quality of Postgraduate Training (RCSENG - Communications - 2010)
- National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - Third Report (RCSENG - Research - 2010)
- Openness and Transparency in Surgery (RCSENG - Communications - 2010)
- Openness with Patients - Position statement (RCSENG - Communications - 2010)
- Research Report 2010-2011 (RCSENG - Research - 2010)
- Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - Policy statement (RCSENG - Communications - 2010)
- Surgical Titles in the NHS - Position Statement (RCSENG - Communications - 2010)
- Workforce Report (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2010)
2009
- Annual Report 2007-2008 (RCSENG - Council - 2009)
- National Joint Registry Report (RCSENG - Research - 2009)
- National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - Second Report (RCSENG - Research - 2009)
- Regional Trauma Systems: Interim guidance for commissioners (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2009)
- The Consultant Surgeon and the Consultant-delivered Service (RCSENG - Communications - 2009)
- UK Surgical Workforce Statistics (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2009)
2008
2007
- Annual Report 2005-2006 (RCSENG - Communications - 2007)
- Delivering Surgical Services: Options for maximising resources (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Handbook for College Assessors (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Improving your Elective Patient's Journey (Patient Liaison Group - 2007)
- Leadership and Management of Surgical Teams (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Rota Planning: Guidance from the Working Time Directive Working Party (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Safe Handover: Guidance from the Working Time Directive Working Party (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Safe Shift Working for Surgeons in Training: Revised College policy statement (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Separating Emergency and Elective Surgical Care: Recommendations for practice (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Surgery for Children: Delivering a First Class Service (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
- Surgical Workforce: 2007 Update (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2007)
2006
- Annual Report 2004-2005 (RCSENG - Communications - 2006)
- Delivering High-quality Surgical Services for the Future (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2006)
- Facial Transplantation: Working Party Report (2006) (RCSENG - Council - 2006)
- Having an Operation? (Patient Liaison Group - 2006)
- National Study of Subarahnoid Haemorrhage Final Report (RCSENG - Research - 2006)
- Surgical Workforce 2006: Interim Report and Policy Update (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2006)
2005
- Curriculum Framework for the Surgical Care Practitioner: PLG response (Patient Liaison Group - 2005)
- Developing a Modern Surgical Workforce (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2005)
- FDS Prospectus 2005-2006 (FDS - 2005)
- National Prospective Tonsillectomy Audit Final Report (RCSENG - Research - 2005)
- Research Report 2005-2007 (RCSENG - Research - 2005)
2004
2003
2002
2001
- An Investigation of the Performance of the 3M Capital Hip System (RCSENG - Research - 2001)
- General Professional Training in England and Wales (FDS - 2001)
- Good Practice in the Dental Specialties (2001) (FDS - 2001)
- The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2001)
- The Surgical Workforce in the New NHS Report (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2001)
2000
- Better Care for the Severely Injured (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2000)
- Children's Surgery - A First Class Service (RCSENG - Professional Standards and Regulations - 2000)
- Male Circumcision: Guidance for Healthcare Practitioners (RCSENG - Communications - 2000)
- Methodologies for Clinical Audit in Dentistry (FDS - 2000)
1999
- Criteria for Recognition of Posts Suitable for Training in the MFDS/MFD Examination (FDS - 1999)
- Guidance for Health Authorities and Dental Schools Applying to FDS (FDS - 1999)
- Guidelines for Appointment to Hospital Practitioner Grade in the Dentally Based Specialties (FDS - 1999)
- Guidelines for Appointment to Staff Grade in the Dentally Based Specialties (FDS - 1999)
- Guidelines for Community Dental Services applying to the Faculty of Dental Surgery for Recognition of Posts within the Service for Training for the MFDS (FDS - 1999)
- Manual of Specialist Training in Dentistry in the United Kingdom and Ireland (FDS - 1999)