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20 Jan 2025
The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is pleased to announce the appointment of four new trustees to help provide governance over the next five years. The Hunterian Collection Trustee Board was established in 1799 when John Hunter’s collection was placed in the care of the Company (later Royal College) of Surgeons of England.
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17 Jan 2025
RCS England responds to Health Foundation analysis ‘Government’s plan for 18-week NHS waiting times: is it realistic?’
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09 Jan 2025
New NHS figures show the total waiting list for consultant-led hospital treatment in England fell by 61,413 to 7.48 million in November 2024. The latest data also indicates just 59.1% of patients were seen within 18 weeks.
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04 Jan 2025
RCS England responds to government's elective recovery plan for the NHS.
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20 Dec 2024
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12 Dec 2024
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is urging the government to provide more detail on how the NHS in England will meet the 18-week target for waiting times within this parliament, amid growing winter pressures.
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05 Dec 2024
Commenting specifically on the Prime Minister's ‘milestones’ for NHS waiting times, Mr Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England), said: “Patients and NHS staff will be relieved the Prime Minister has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to cutting waiting times and meeting the 18-week standard..."
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21 Nov 2024
The waiting list for referral to consultant-led hospital treatment in Wales has risen for the eighth consecutive month, reaching a new record high of 801,307 in September 2024.
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14 Nov 2024
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is calling on the government to publish a roadmap for meeting the 18-week waiting time target as part of the 10 Year Health Plan for England. The call comes as data published today (14 November) shows the NHS failed to eliminate waits of over 65 weeks in September 2024.
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10 Oct 2024
Responding to new analysis from the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, published by the QualityWatch joint research programme - which reveals ‘hugely concerning’ disparities in waiting times between different patient groups in England
