Governance of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
The governing body of the College is its Council, twenty-six members of which are surgeons from the ten surgical specialties - all elected by Fellows and Members of the College. All twenty-six members are Trustees of the College. Two of which are dental surgery Fellows elected by the Board of the Faculty of Dental Surgery.
There are two Co-opted Members of Council consisting of two representatives from the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK).
There are also Invited Members of Council from the ten surgical Specialist Associations, the College’s Court of Examiners, the Staff and Associate Specialists Grades, the Schools of Surgery, the Directors for Professional Affairs Forum, the Welsh Board, the College’s Professor for Surgical Education and Surgeons-In-Training (ASiT and BOTA). A member of the College’s Patient Liaison Group (PLG) also sits on Council to represent the views of patients.
Council itself is essentially the twenty-six Trustees. Council with Co-opted and Invited Members meets six times a year and Council with Co-opted Members only meets three times per year. All meetings are chaired by the President.
The College delegates the co-ordination of a number of its main functions to various Boards and Committees. The activities of these Boards and Committees are reported to Council on a regular basis. In terms of structure, the College is made up of ten Directorates.
| President | |
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Professor Norman Williams |
| Vice-Presidents | |
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Mr John Getty |
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Professor Michael Horrocks |
| Elected members | |
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Mr William Thomas |
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Mr Dermot O'Riordan |
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Professor Irving Taylor |
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Professor Antony A P Narula |
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Mr David Ward |
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Mr Michael Parker |
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Miss Su-Anna Boddy |
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Mr Steve Cannon |
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Professor Derek Alderson |
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Mr Christopher Milford |
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Miss Clare Marx |
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Professor Gus McGrouther Plastic Surgery Biography |
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Mr Martin Bircher Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery Biography |
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Mr Ian Eardley Urology Biography |
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Mr Peter Lamont General Surgery Biography |
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Professor Chris Lavy Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Biography |
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Mr Maurice Hawthorne Otolaryngology Biography |
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Mrs Scarlett McNally Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Biography |
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Miss Kathryn Harley |
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Professor Nigel Hunt Restorative Dentistry Biography |
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Mr Paul O' Flynn |
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Miss Susan Hill |
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Mr Peter Kay |
| Co-opted Council Members | |
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Mr Trevor Ferguson |
| Mr Lawrence Mudford Vice-Dean of Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) |
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| Invited members | |
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Professor John MacFie |
| Professor Joe Dias British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) |
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Professor Valerie Lund CBE |
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Mr James Roxburgh |
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Mr Adrian Joyce |
| Mr Richard Milner British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) |
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Miss Anne Moore |
| Mr Rick Turnock British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) |
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Mr Ian Martin |
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Professor Peter Brennan |
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Mr Victor Babu |
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Mr Steve Hornby |
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Mrs Susan Woodward |
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Professor Jonathan Beard |
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Miss Susan Hill |
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Professor Brian Rowlands |
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Professor Philip Turner |
| Chief Executive |
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Alan Bennett |
