Press releases

04 May 2025 Response to The Times article on female orthopaedic surgeons from RCS England Women in Surgery Chair, Vice President and President

30 Apr 2025 Two resident doctors in surgery from North East England, Larne Jones Whiting and Shreyas Supparamaniam have clinched the winning title in a national surgical skills competition, with 11 teams competing from across the UK. The winners of the 13th ‘Are You Cut Out For It?’ Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) surgical skills competition claimed the Louis Solomon Knights Award for Surgical Skills. They went head-to-head with competitors Matthew Brazkiewicz and Alok Mathew from the East Midlands, who were close runners up.

17 Apr 2025 RCS England responds to NICE’s approval of 11 robot-assisted surgical systems

10 Apr 2025 The NHS waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen for the sixth consecutive month, with 7.4 million patient pathways recorded at the end of February 2025, down 26,161 from January 2025.

05 Apr 2025 The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) and the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery (WPSMS) are calling for urgent reforms to better support targets of sexual misconduct in healthcare.

28 Mar 2025 New research, published in The Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, shows a decrease, in the hundreds, of children needing operations to remove objects they’ve swallowed or stuck up their noses.

20 Mar 2025 The waiting list for referral to consultant led hospital treatment in Wales has dropped to 796,802 in January 2025. However, there are areas of Wales where too many people are waiting over 36 weeks for treatment with little improvement over the last year.

20 Mar 2025 The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has published Good Surgical Practice 2025, setting the standards for delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality surgical care. Developed in close consultation with surgeons and patients, this updated guidance reflects the evolving challenges in surgery, including the rise of new technologies such as robotic surgery, the need for environmental sustainability, and the importance of fostering respectful, inclusive working cultures.

19 Mar 2025 The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) respond to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

13 Mar 2025 Dramatic pressure on NHS emergency departments throughout January had a knock-on effect for efforts to reduce the time that patients wait for planned treatment, according to new NHS figures published today. Surgeons have warned that cutting waits amid emergency pressures is like “trying to navigate a traffic jam during rush hour”.