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31 Aug 2022
A new national centre of excellence to strengthen NHS cancer services by looking at treatments and patient outcomes right across the country will be established at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England).
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30 Aug 2022
A group of leading surgical experts and Government representatives have come together in Belfast to discuss the future of Northern Ireland’s healthcare system.
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26 Aug 2022
The Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has announced that over 50 new surgical hubs will open across the country to help with Covid backlogs and offer hundreds of thousands more patients quicker access to procedures.
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11 Aug 2022
Responding to today’s figures which show an increase in the hospital waiting list to a new record high, The Royal College of Surgeons of England called on Ministers to make funding promised for surgical hubs available immediately.
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08 Aug 2022
The Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) and The Royal College of Surgeons of England have today set out in a joint report how accessing new technology could transform surgeons’ training and improve patient care.
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04 Aug 2022
Surgeons in Northern Ireland have commented on annual hospital statistics released today that show progress has been made, but that more needs to be done to get back to pre-pandemic levels.
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25 Jul 2022
The Health and Social Care Committee report Workforce: recruitment, training and retention, illustrates the scale of the workforce shortage in the NHS.
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21 Jul 2022
Surgeons have warned of year-round pressure facing the health system in Wales, as waiting lists hit a record 722,147.
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19 Jul 2022
The General Medical Council has today published its National Training Survey results. This year’s survey included questions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic so the GMC can continue to monitor its impact on doctors’ training, work, and wellbeing.
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14 Jul 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has called for a surgical hub to be created in every area of the country to speed up patients’ access to planned surgery, as the NHS waiting list hits a record 6.61 million.
