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19 Jun 2020
The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is delighted to announce that Mr Matthew Garrett has taken office as its new Dean. He was elected to the role by the Faculty’s Board in October, and will serve a three year term to 2023.
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16 Jun 2020
The Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) have issued a joint memorandum to MPs calling for urgent action to help the NHS recover from COVID.
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12 Jun 2020
"I was saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Sir Paul Bramley, who made an important contribution to the Faculty of Dental Surgery and a number of other prominent dental institutions. He served as the Faculty’s Dean between 1980 and 1983, and in 1984, Paul’s service to Dentistry was recognised by a knighthood".
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12 Jun 2020
Medical leaders from the Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and Royal College of Emergency Medicine met with the Health Minister, Robin Swann to discuss his plan to rebuild Northern Ireland’s health service.
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11 Jun 2020
Figures released by NHS England this morning show 239,088 fewer ‘admitted pathways’ were completed in the NHS in April 2020 than in the same month last year – a drop of 85%. It demonstrates that hundreds of thousands of people have been left waiting for treatment while the NHS responds to COVID-19.
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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.
