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17 Jul 2015
“We agree with the report’s radical aim to lower sugar consumption to 5% of a daily diet to improve oral health. For children this means substituting sugar based fruit juice for sugar free alternatives."
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17 Jul 2015
“We welcome the announcement of plans to implement Sir Robert Francis’ Freedom to Speak Up Review. ‘Learning not Blaming’ rightly states that the NHS must improve, listen and learn from occasions when mistakes are made."
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16 Jul 2015
"There is much to welcome in the Secretary of State’s speech today which complements the NHS Five Year Forward View. We particularly support his commitment to establishing a clearer learning culture in the NHS and a strengthened focus on patient safety."
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06 Jul 2015
“A gastrointestinal (GI) bleed is a potentially fatal condition which must be treated quickly and it is worrying that some patients are not receiving the appropriate care."
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30 Jun 2015
“Today’s data is a stark reminder of the inequalities in children’s oral health that persist across the country."
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17 Jun 2015
A recent study in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that 72.7 per cent of patients who received antibiotics for an uncomplicated acute appendicitis did not require surgery.
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17 Jun 2015
The surgeon who performed the first heart and lung transplant in Britain, and pioneered a life-saving technique for babies with heart vessel problems, has won the prestigious Lister Medal, in recognition of his contribution to surgical science.
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16 Jun 2015
"The Princess of Wales hospital has faced severe pressures this Winter as have other hospitals in Wales. However, it is clearly unacceptable for patients to wait over seventy weeks for a knee operation and this is of deep concern to the Royal College of Surgeons."
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08 Jun 2015
The public and doctors have an opportunity to comment on these draft guidelines which are out for consultation until 1st September, 2015.
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27 May 2015
The RCS had called for the General Medical Council (GMC) to be given a new power to tell the public and employers which surgeons are qualified to undertake cosmetic surgery, but it was not included in any of the Bills announced in the Queen’s Speech today.
