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27 Aug 2020
Figures published today in the latest quarterly bulletin of waiting times for Northern Ireland show nearly 40% (39.4%, 38,354) of patients were waiting more than 52 weeks for either an inpatient or day case admission, compared with 32.8% (30,696) at 31 March 2020, and 27.2% (23,996) at 30 June 2019.
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13 Aug 2020
Newly released NHS England waiting times figures show that a ‘wrecking ball’ has been taken to targets for timely treatment, leading surgeons say today. The number of patients who had waited over 52 weeks in June now stands at over 50,000, and is thirty times higher than in February, before the pandemic. The number had almost doubled in the course of the month from May to June.
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31 Jul 2020
Professor Neil Mortensen, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England responds to the latest NHS 'system letter', saying "Getting patients treated is critically dependent on capacity, so it is essential the NHS uses its contracts in the independent sector efficiently, and that ‘COVID-light’ areas are established where surgery can continue even if there is a further rise in coronavirus cases."
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27 Jul 2020
The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDS) today welcomes the announcement by the Government of a new obesity strategy.
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23 Jul 2020
A leading surgeon has urged doctors and nurses to routinely assess frailty and cognition among women aged 70 and over with suspected breast cancer, to identify potential health care needs when considering future treatment options.
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23 Jul 2020
Key details of medical devices implanted in patients during abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are to be included in a national database from today. These new additions to the database will also monitor long-term patient outcomes to identify problems as early as possible. This comes shortly after the Cumberlege review where it was recommended that ‘a central database should be created by collecting key details including the patient, the implanted device, and the surgeon.’
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16 Jul 2020
Professor Neil Mortensen, who has just become the new President at the Royal College of Surgeons of England has announced that the distinguished barrister and member of the House of Lords, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, will chair an independent review of diversity in the College’s professional leadership.
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15 Jul 2020
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s imminent plans to address obesity in the UK, the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDS) joins Action on Sugar, Action on Salt and 46 other leading health charities urging him to implement the Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan.
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09 Jul 2020
The Royal College of Surgeons of England today (Thursday) said that what they described in Spring as a ‘time bomb’ under surgical waiting lists had ‘already detonated’, and called for a ‘plan for recovery’. Today’s NHS England waiting times figures show that the number of patients who have now waited over 52 weeks more than doubled from last month, and has increased by 16 times since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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08 Jul 2020
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is urging government to act upon recommendations made by Baroness Cumberlege, following her independent review into the use of pelvic mesh and other technologies.
