Our 2024 in review

Stamping out sexual misconduct in surgery is a top priority

• We’ve introduced a new Code of Conduct, successfully advocated for reform from NHS leaders, and are campaigning to ensure those affected feel supported to report concerns.

We’re enhancing access to our digital services

• We launched 10 new e-learning courses on topics including mentoring and human factors, hosted 24 online events, and made the Annals, fully open access to increase the global impact of your research.

We're busy influencing the new government

• Thanks to the concerns you shared in the surgical workforce census we've successfully challenged government on workforce wellbeing and theatre access, winning extra funding for surgical facilities and securing commitments to improve oral health.

Thank you to our volunteers

In 2024, more than 7,300 people volunteered their time and expertise to contribute to our College and surgery as a profession. Volunteers taught 653 courses, reviewed 20 issues of our journals, and accredited 85 surgical education centres and 123 senior clinical fellowships.

From Regional Directors and course faculty to peer reviewers and Global Country Advisors, none of the work we do to support and advocate for our members worldwide would be possible without you; thank you for all you do.  

In case you missed it...

Here are the top 3 journal articles you read most this year:

• Labour vs Conservative plans for the NHS: how different are they really?
• Do women make safer surgeons?
• Colon cancer survival in the elderly without curative surgery

The launch of the SUPPORT QI Collaborative:

• This year saw the launch of our newest quality improvement (QI) project, a unique initiative to introduce better support systems after adverse events in surgery. 12 trusts in regions across the UK and Ireland are enrolled in the project. A surgeon who received peer support through the SUPPORT QI Collaborative said, "This support mechanism was invaluable to me when I was having a very difficult time at work. I am certain that I would not have been back at work so soon had it not been for this support and would certainly not have been back operating. I am very grateful for its existence."

Membership benefits:

• 653 courses were delivered at 146 centres across the UK and around the world this year, including right here at the Bjorn Saven Centre (BSC) in our home of surgery.
• 756 members saved a total of £185,000 on courses at the BSC through member discounts. How much could your membership save you on professional development in 2025?
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We look forward to seeing what we can accomplish together in 2025.