Press releases
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Surgeons: Give financial certainty to Health Boards now, to protect planned care in the coming months
21 Aug 2025 The waiting list for hospital treatment in Wales has seen a small fall. RCS England has welcomed the progress but called for advanced financial certainty to empower Health Boards to plan effectively, safeguard scheduled procedures and mitigate the impact of winter pressures. -
Surgeons respond to DHSC/TikTok campaign on cosmetic surgery abroad
15 Aug 2025 RCS England responds to news that the Department of Health and Social Care will partner with TikTok to highlight the risks of traveling abroad for cosmetic procedures -
NHS waiting list rises amid calls for government to be honest about numbers
14 Aug 2025 New NHS figures show the total waiting list for consultant-led hospital treatment in England has started to rise again, with 7,369,169 patient pathways recorded in June 2025. -
Surgeons respond to Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announcement: ‘Crackdown on unsafe cosmetic procedures to protect the public’
07 Aug 2025 -
Surgeons: waiting list progress ‘too slow’
24 Jul 2025 The waiting list for hospital treatment in Wales has risen after three months of progress. -
Surgeons respond to NHS England publishing waiting list breakdowns to tackle health disparities
17 Jul 2025 -
Surgeons: 10-Year Plan a ‘critical opportunity’ to tackle waiting times
10 Jul 2025 The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has said the NHS 10-Year Plan is a critical opportunity to tackle the unacceptably long NHS waiting lists as May 2025 data for routine hospital treatment is published today. -
Dental surgeons respond to consultation on NHS dental contract
08 Jul 2025 The Faculty of Dental Surgery has responded to news that the government has opened a consultation on the NHS Dental Contract. -
Surgeons: extra funding for Wales in Spending Review must go to surgical hubs
19 Jun 2025 RCS England has urged that part of the additional £5 billion allocated to Wales over the next three years from the Spending Review should be used to create more surgical hubs to reduce patient waiting times. -
RCS England responds to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) warning over ‘unregulated and unlicensed aesthetic procedures’
18 Jun 2025