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23 Mar 2023
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has welcomed a continued fall in total waiting times in Wales, now four months in a row. New figures show NHS waiting lists in Wales decreased to 734,116 in January 2023.
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20 Mar 2023
Responding to the report’s findings, Mr Matthew Garrett, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said:
“We welcome this important progress report on Smiling Matters and congratulate the CQC on galvanising action on oral health within care homes. It is encouraging that despite the pandemic, care homes have shown improvements in almost all areas and have become more aware of NICE oral health guidelines. This means more people are having their oral health assessed and reviewed."
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15 Mar 2023
In response to the Budget delivered today by the Chancellor, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vice President, Mr Tim Mitchell said:
“The increased limit on the annual pension allowance and abolishing the lifetime pension allowance announced today is a very welcome step for surgeons who currently face difficult decisions around pensions, tax and retirement."
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09 Mar 2023
Professor Fiona Myint, Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has warned that continuing to reduce the backlog of over 7.21 million patients waiting for treatment will be “difficult and slow”, unless the government publishes a workforce plan for the NHS that is fully funded and outlines the number of staff needed in the future, as promised.
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01 Mar 2023
Professor Neil Mortensen, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has responded to a new Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on NHS backlogs and waiting times.
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23 Feb 2023
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23 Feb 2023
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16 Feb 2023
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has welcomed the Welsh Government announcement of a new regional NHS facility for South East Wales.
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09 Feb 2023
New NHS figures show 21,273 operations were cancelled at the last minute in the three months to the end of December 2022, with hospitals feeling ‘winter pressures’ well before the winter had officially started. The data also shows 4,593 patients were not treated within 28 days of their cancellation, in a breach of the standard.
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20 Jan 2023
Royal College leaders representing thousands of doctors and nurses in Northern Ireland have written to the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris requesting an urgent meeting in light of the ongoing health crisis.
