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30 Jun 2023
The full plan is due to be published later today and we will analyse what this will mean for surgeons and the whole surgical team. However, it is worth marking the historic moment that it is.
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28 Jun 2023
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of England Northern Ireland Director Professor Mark Taylor is stepping down after five years at the helm. The Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) surgeon took up the Northern Ireland College role in 2018 and will formally demit as Northern Ireland Director in September.
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23 Jun 2023
RCS England President, Professor Neil Mortensen, responds to the General Medical Council (GMC) report ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK 2023’
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22 Jun 2023
Surgeons have urged that there is ‘no time to lose’ after newly released data showed NHS waiting lists in Wales jumped again to 743,339 in April 2023.
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15 Jun 2023
RCS England President, Professor Neil Mortensen responds to NHS England announcement that retired doctors will have an option to re-join the NHS.
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15 Jun 2023
Professor Mark Taylor, Northern Ireland Director of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) responds to Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) report ‘Forgotten - An investigation into healthcare waiting list communications’.
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08 Jun 2023
Professor Neil Mortensen, President of RCS England, has responded to the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) clinical radiology and clinical oncology workforce census reports for 2022. The report finds the scale of workforce shortages in diagnostic and cancer departments across the country is having a devastating impact on cancer patients.
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08 Jun 2023
Surgeons are turning up the heat on the government this summer to deliver its NHS workforce plan without further delay. Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Professor Fiona Myint, said the dangerous waiting game for its publication has set warning bells ringing louder than ever before.
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25 May 2023
The Royal College of Surgeons of England responds to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announcement today that NHS patients will be offered a choice of where they go for treatment.
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25 May 2023
Northern Ireland’s elective waiting times remain extremely challenging and could potentially worsen in light of current financial assessments, according to the Northern Ireland Director of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England).
