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12 May 2022
The Royal College of Nursing, the British Medical Association Northern Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of GPs, representing thousands of doctors and nurses across Northern Ireland have today [Thursday 12 May] issued a joint statement urging elected representatives to put patients first and form an Executive immediately.
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12 May 2022
New figures reveal 17,477 operations were cancelled in the first three months of 2022, with high rates of Omicron disrupting planned hospital treatment. The data shows 4,015 (23%) patients were not treated within 28 days of their cancellation, in a breach of the standard.
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10 May 2022
The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England has issued the following comment in response to the publication on 10th May of childhood tooth extraction figures for 0-19 year-olds in 2020-21.
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05 May 2022
NHS England and NHS Improvement has today published a letter which it sent out to NHS hospitals, outlining plans to ‘enable the workforce for elective recovery’.
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28 Apr 2022
The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England today welcomed plans to expand water fluoridation schemes across England, to improve children’s oral health.
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27 Apr 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has welcomed a consultation from the General Medical Council on plans to update the professional values, knowledge and behaviours expected of doctors working in the UK through its Good Practice Guide.
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27 Apr 2022
Two Royal Colleges representing thousands of nurses and surgeons in Northern Ireland are holding a joint hustings event at Belfast Castle today.
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26 Apr 2022
Commenting on the publication of the Welsh Government’s ‘Planned Care Recovery Plan’, Professor Jon Barry, (Interim) Director for Wales at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, said:
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22 Apr 2022
Surgeons in Wales have warned of a 'perfect storm' of staff absences and high COVID-19 rates which are hitting the recovery of elective services in Wales.
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14 Apr 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has urged the UK government to accept the workforce amendment to the Health and Care Bill to ease pressures on frontline NHS staff, as new figures show the waiting list has reached a record 6.18 million.
