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30 Oct 2023
With Halloween fast approaching, dental surgeons have warned parents and guardians how the excessive confectionery gathered during trick-or-treating puts their children’s teeth at risk.
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27 Oct 2023
Mr Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has responded to Health Foundation analysis, which shows NHS waiting lists could rise to over 8 million by summer 2024,
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19 Oct 2023
Surgeons have urged the Welsh government to roll out a long-term approach to tackling the increase in waiting times after newly released data showed NHS waiting lists in Wales jumped again to 760,285 in August 2023.
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12 Oct 2023
Surgeons are warning again, in the run up to winter, that patients left to wait months and months for treatment may see their health deteriorate further, as a result of NHS waiting lists rising again.
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10 Oct 2023
Mr Niall McGonigle, Northern Ireland Director of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has welcomed a new report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office on waiting lists.
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06 Oct 2023
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04 Oct 2023
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21 Sep 2023
Commenting on the Liberal Democrats research (House of Commons Library) that states - ‘over 4.4 million children in England have not seen an NHS dentist for at least a year’ - Dr Charlotte Eckhardt, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said:
“This situation is simply not acceptable. Children and young people should be visiting the dentist at least once a year to prevent serious tooth decay.
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21 Sep 2023
New data published today shows that the waiting list for referral to treatment in Wales has risen again, with the figure for July 2023 sitting at 757,355.
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14 Sep 2023
Surgeons have warned that patients left to wait months and months for treatment may see their health deteriorate further as a result of the peak in NHS waiting lists.
