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31 Mar 2017
The General Medical Council has today published a report investigating the flexibility of postgraduate training. It found doctors faced considerable barriers to transferring from one specialty to the other, often requiring them to repeat training they have already undertaken. It also found that postgraduate training is slow to adapt to advances in science and technology.
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23 Mar 2017
A freedom of information (FOI) request made to all NHS commissioning groups (CCGs) shows that several have adopted policies which attempt to ration weight loss surgery to the super-obese, and ignore official advice on who should be eligible for surgery.
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21 Mar 2017
New analysis by the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons shows there been a 24% rise in the number of tooth extractions performed on 0-4 year olds in hospitals in England over the last decade.
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14 Mar 2017
A new report by the King’s Fund has found that the number of hip replacements conducted by the NHS has gone down despite an increasing older population. National data for 2015/16 shows there has been a one per cent decrease in hip replacement activity compared to the previous year.
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10 Mar 2017
Royal College of Surgeons responsds to NHS England warning CCGs over ‘arbitrary rationing’
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08 Mar 2017
Royal College of Surgeons response to announcements on NHS and social care funding in the Spring Budget.
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05 Mar 2017
In the run up to next week’s budget, four key NHS organisations – NHS Providers, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine - have called for any extra social care funding to be spent in a way which benefits NHS patients.
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03 Mar 2017
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens has announced that significant hospital bed closures can only take place where a new test that ensures patients will continue to receive high quality care can be met.
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03 Mar 2017
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is to receive an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons in recognition of her strong commitment to children’s health. She receives the Honorary Fellowship on the occasion of the Faculty’s 70th anniversary.
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27 Feb 2017
Trainee surgeons Ata Jaffer, from Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, and George Mori, from Bradford Teaching Hospital, have spoken of their pride after winning national surgical competition, 'Are You Cut Out for It?’.