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08 Jun 2020
"Dental practices are restarting services today, and difficult decisions will need to be made about how patients are prioritised. Understandably there will be patients desperate to finish the treatment plan they started before COVID-19 hit, but ultimately a patient who is in excruciating pain needs to be prioritised over a planned root canal or filling." says Professor Michael Escudier, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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04 Jun 2020
“We welcome this guidance, which provides critical detail behind the headlines about resuming dental services. These standard operating procedures set out evidence-based processes for the dental profession to meet patients’ needs safely." says Professor Michael Escudier, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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29 May 2020
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14 May 2020
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05 May 2020
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is calling for COVID-free hospital sites to be set up in Wales to help deliver planned operations for cancer and other types of surgery.
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02 May 2020
The RCS leadership has been concerned for some time by reports that BAME surgeons, trainees and other NHS staff may be disproportionately at risk from COVID. The RCS supports NHS England’s precautionary approach of risk-assessing staff at potentially greater risk, and making arrangements accordingly.
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01 May 2020
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) has published the results of a survey of 94 surgeons and trainees in Northern Ireland.
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30 Apr 2020
Surgeons appeal to Boris not to soften lockdown criteria – “Thousands of lives will be lost if the NHS is treated as an economic punch-bag”
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20 Apr 2020
Shortages of PPE equipment and a lack of access to testing are the two main concerns of dental surgeons, according to a survey of almost 200 dental surgeons conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons England (RCS). Nearly two-thirds of dental surgeons surveyed had experienced shortages of PPE equipment in the last 30 days. More than 40% of them say they do not have an adequate supply of protective kit.
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18 Apr 2020
"The new guidance implies that, even in the operating theatre, surgeons and their teams may not require proper PPE. This is simply unacceptable," says Professor Neil Mortensen, President-elect of the Royal College of Surgeons of England