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May
- Comment on College of Emergency Medicine report on A&E departments
- RCS congratulates Lord Ara Darzi on receiving fellowship of the Royal Society
- College pledges to tackle 'never events'
April
March
- RCS and Surgical Specialty Associations receive NICE accreditation for commissioning guidance
- Comment on the Government’s initial response to the Francis Inquiry
- RCS publishes its views on the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry
- Comment on tonight’s Horizon programme 'How to avoid mistakes in Surgery'
- Response to the Public Accounts Committee on NHS efficiency savings
- Response to the Government’s revised procurement and competition regulations
- RCS publish new standards for children’s surgery
- Comment on the Draft Care and Support Bill committee report
- Heart surgeons launch new outcomes website for patients
- On World Kidney Day, leading surgeons call for more to be done to raise organ donation awareness
- RCS and partners launch Women in Surgery video podcast to mark International Women’s Day
February 2013
- RCS concerned by 2012 NHS Staff Survey showing increase in bullying
- Would you like to help shape surgical commissioning guidance?
- RCS collections awarded Designated status by Arts Council England
- RCS guidance on raising concerns and whistleblowing
- FDS response to Commissioning NHS Dental Services
- Comment on GMC research on Working Time Regulations
- Investing in surgical research – the way forward for leading healthcare organisations
- RCS responds to the publication of the Francis Report
- Surgeons publish landmark standards for cosmetic practice
- The RCS Global Surgical Frontiers conference 2013
- Surgeons recognised in the New Year Honours list
- RCS publishes principles for reshaping surgical services
- UK first hand transplant
- Comment on interim cosmetic interventions report
December 2012
- Comment on the NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance
- Health Minister Lord Howe warns out-dated dental contracts need replacing
- Over a quarter of babies with a cleft palate have their condition missed at birth
- Comment on BBC Radio 4's 'The Report: Surgeons under Scrutiny'
- Contractual duty of openness statement
- Dame Barbara Hakin highlights how surgeons can engage in shaping the new health landscape
- RCS develops synthetic model of the head and brain to train the next generation of neurosurgeons
- Professor Norman Williams welcomes the official start of the revalidation of doctors as good news for patients
November 2012
- RCS has today released the results of its latest workforce census
- RCS President responds to publication of the NHS Mandate
- UK Hospitals inadequately prepared to treat morbidly obese patients, warns a new paper out today
- RCS response to the Science and Technology Committee’s report
October 2012
- RCS awarded new audit contracts by Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
- College response to NCEPOD 'Too Lean a Service?’ report:
- Age should not close the door to surgery, warns RCS and Age UK
- Health Minister backs Suffolk surgeons to make surgery safer
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
- Patients misled by inappropriate use of the job title surgeon
- Outdated theatre equipment lags behind growth in keyhole surgery operations, top surgeons warn
- Response to review of children’s heart services
- YouTube can provide good information for patients on primary bone tumours, study reveals
- Stomach and Oesophageal cancer audit reveals increased survival rates
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
- RCS launches an online commissioning resource to aid commissioners of surgical services
- Tackle alcohol abuse at the dentist urge health experts
March 2012
- New data finds musical benefit for patients undergoing minor surgery
- Statement on the Health Select Committee report on PIP Breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions
- Implementation of the Health and Social Care legislation
- New exhibition at the Hunterian Museum shows how surgery supports elite athletes
- RCS Fellows and Members debate Health Bill at EGM
- RCS Statement: Response to Health Select Committee report into performance and accountability of NHS regulators
February 2012
- First ever vascular aneurysm audit shows commitment to improving patient safety, say surgeons
- RCS welcomes the Government’s response to the Health Select Committee report on public expenditure
- Statement on the RCS position on the Health and Social Care Bill
- RCS statement following meeting at Downing Street re. The Health and Social Care Bill
- RCS Statement: Extraordinary General Meeting called to debate Health Bill
- RCS fellow awarded National Institute for Health Research professorship
- RCS welcomes the National Institute for Health Research's call for surgical research
- More women applicants needed to avoid missed opportunities for UK surgery
- President’s Statement on Health and Social Care Bill
- RCS welcome Department of Health intervention on releasing clinicians for national work
January 2012
- Hunterian Museum explores the role design plays in patient safety on surgical wards
- Health and Social Care Bill – Update on Latest Developments
- Honorary Fellowships awarded at 2012 Diplomates Day
- Surgeons support better data standards for clinical audits – patients will benefit
- RCS Statement: Response to Health Select Committee report into Public Expenditure
- Clear new guidance on PIP breast implants issued for patients and doctors
- The RCS Global Surgical Frontiers Day will explore opportunities in international surgery
- Joint Surgical Statement on Government PIP breast implant announcement
- Surgeons recognised in the New Year Honours list
December 2011
- Yeti mystery solved by Hunterian Museum find
- RCS Statement: NCEPOD study vindicates RCS concerns for higher-risk patients
- RCS launches online 'Surgeons' Portfolio' to support surgeons in revalidation
- RCS support move to outcome measurement in NHS
November 2011
- RCS/ACPGBI statement: Bowel cancer audit points to future direction to save lives in emergency cases
- RCS Statement on Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2011
- RCS statement: Response to the NHS Future Forum consultation
- RCS Statement: College responds to the Royal Brompton Judicial Review decision
- Huge increase in lung cancer surgery but still some way to go, says new audit
October 2011
- RCS statement: College welcomes NCEPOD call for networked organisation of care for children
- RCS endorses EIDO pre-operative information leaflets
- Comparative audit of independent sector centres and NHS hospitals published by RCS
- RCS health bill statement: RCS calls for more detail on clinical involvement in commissioning
September 2011
- Statement on conviction of doctors in Bahrain
- Address variations in care now for 'forgotten' patients, surgeons tell Trusts
- Statement on progress of paediatric cardiac surgery review
- Hunterian Museum explores the science of disability
- Surgeons and police in Birmingham to work together to reduce knife crime
- RCS statement: cuts not reforms the biggest risk to UK patients
July 2011
- New Faculty of Dental Surgery Dean of the Royal College of Surgeons
- Revolution in hip fracture care shows the way in improving treatment of older people
- SCTS / RCS response to Government’s commitment to greater transparency in the NHS
- Leading dentists question widespread use of porcelain crowns and veneers
June 2011
- Association of Coloproctology Announces New President
- Considerable regional variations in access to NHS stroke prevention surgery
- RCS offers approval for first UK voice-box transplantation
- Failure to support surgical research will damage patient care of the future, warns RCS report
- RCS welcomes health reform improvements, but urges no delays
- NHS Future Forum produces report on NHS reforms
- Positive patient response to research in NHS welcomed by surgeons
- Early diagnosis and planned operations vital for bowel cancer patients, says Royal College of Surgeons
May 2011
- Early diagnosis and planned operations vital for bowel cancer patients, says Royal College of Surgeons
- New standards for locum surgeons to provide NHS Trusts with clarity
- Royal College of Surgeons statement on Prime Ministers NHS speech
- College holds seminar on improving performance through outcomes
- New President elected at the Royal College of Surgeons
- RCS response to Audit Commission report on limiting access to surgical procedures
- Obese patients suffering avoidable disease and disability, reveals first ever UK bariatric surgery audit
- ACPGBI/RCS joint statement: New mortality data for colorectal cancer surgery a big step forward
- Emergency surgery patients must have higher priority in NHS hospitals, say detailed new RCS standards
- Procedures of Limited Clinical Value - a joint statement from RCS and BOA
- RCS welcomes further detail and time for Health Reforms
March 2011
- Put patients at heart of medical training suggests RCS in response to Government medical training review
- "Get back to normal quickly after surgery for the best result" say leading surgeons
- RCS response to the fourth NHS Information Centre Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit
- Cardiac surgeons call for greater transparency and access to information for NHS patients
- RCS response to the Patients Association FOI story
February 2011
- RCS comment on NHS Obesity statistics
- Hunterian Museum rediscovers London’s lost museums
- RCS and SCTS Joint Statement: Public consultation on reconfiguration of paediatric cardiac surgery
- John Black gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Bill Committee
- RCS Statement: Select Committee revalidation concerns echo College
- RCS calls for greater clarity on role for medics in NHS Reforms
- Consultant surgeons go beyond contracts to provide 24 hour patient care, says workforce survey
- Consensus dental conference voices need for cross-specialty standard setting board
- RCS response to publication of Health Bill
- Hunterian Museum displays rare natural history specimens
- RCS publishes two consultation responses to NHS proposals Liberating the NHS
- Hunterian Museum hosts first UK screening of body donation documentary
- Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai made an Honorary Fellow of the RCS
- Leading dental surgeons call for better care for primary teeth
- Surgeons recognised in the New Year Honours list
December 2010
- Surgeons recognised in the New Year Honours list
- RCS comments on EU review of Working Time Directive
- Survey shows half of NHS hospitals cannot provide emergency surgery for sick children
- RCS response to updated plans for NHS reform
November 2010
- Surgeons win military civilian partnership award
- Death rates for NHS cardiac surgery 25% better than European average, says first international audit
- Management of Knife Injuries – conference statement
- Surgeons and police to work together on reducing knife crime harm
- NCEPOD emergency surgery for the elderly report echoes medics’ concerns but doesn’t go far enough
- NHS locum doctor spend spirals as EU regulations bite
- Only one in ten UK hospitals operate with “Gold” standard keyhole surgery equipment, new audit reveals
- Cochlear implant pioneer wins surgical award
October 2010
- RCS response to GMC revalidation statement
- RCS responds to GMC training survey
- The RCS today publish its consultation response to “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS”
September 2010
- Oral & maxillofacial surgeon awarded first joint research fellowship by the RCS and Wellcome Trust
- RCS to examine cosmetic surgery standards in wake of damning NCEPOD report
- Obesity Surgery pays for iteself in 12 months, says new report
- Surgery School: Trainee Surgeons to Star in ITV1 Documentary tonight
- Surgical instruments: dreadful or divine?
- Biggest ever hip fracture audit shows improvements in care, but significant geographical variations
August 2010
- Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland responds to new ESC/ EACTS guidelines for coronary artery disease
- Impact of doctor working time cap on patient safety and training getting worse, says new survey
July 2010
- Surgeons say high risk stroke patients missing out on life saving surgery
- Vascular surgery patients need tailored care, say new study
- Network solution to child surgery shortfall
- RCS statement on White Paper 'Liberating the NHS'
- Local adult learners capture Hunterian Museum collection on film
June 2010
- High NHS hospital bed occupancy remains a big infection risk, says RCS
- RCS welcomes NCEPOD report into Hospital Parenteral Nutrition
- RCS response to revised operating framework for the NHS
- Hunterian Museum celebrates life and career of dental pioneer Sir John Tomes
- RCS responds to GMC announcement on examinations taken outside approved postgraduate training
- RCS responds to announcement of public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust
- RCS response to the launch of the Sir John Temple Review of training under EWTR
- RCS response to Secretary of State for Health’s letter to the GMC on revalidation
May 2010
- Royal College of Surgeon’s response to BMA statement on Revalidation
- RCS Response to coalition government programme
- RCS response to the first written Con/Lib Dem agreement on the EWTD
- Hunterian Museum celebrates Museums at Night 2010 with handicraft evening All Stitched Up!
- New dental training committee extends support to Foundation levels
April 2010
- RCS response to the RCP study into Hospital Cover at Night
- College president backs Academy Venous thromboembolism prevention plan
- Hospital trauma teams urged to help combat alcohol related injuries and deaths
- RCS Responds to Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010
- RCS response to Conservative Party manifesto
- RCS responds to health commitments in 2010 Labour Party Manifesto
- College Council Election 2010
- College response to Pulse survey on EWTR
February 2010
- Children’s NHS operations still being cancelled due to confusion over safeguarding
- Curious: The Craft of Microscopy
- RCS response to National Audit Office report: Major trauma care in England
- RCS supports launch of NICE guideline on VTE
- Conference hears of 'unfair and unethical' access to NHS weight loss surgery
- Surgeons urged to respond to review of the impact of the EWTD on training
- RCS calls for 'passport' for doctors in new vetting system for working with children
December 2009
November 2009
- RCS Statement on Public Accounts Committee report into reducing healthcare infections
- RCS responds to NCEPOD report: caring to the end?
October 2009
- Bowel cancer care steadily improving - but progress still to be made, says audit
- Patients are being harmed by working time limits, finds new study
September 2009
- Patients are “worried and confused” over misleading information about surgery on the internet
- College launches manifesto for surgery
- Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots
July 2009
- Heart Surgery Sees Dramatic Improvement Since Mortality Data Publication
- College response to the Health Select Committee report on Patient Safety
June 2009
- Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots
- Surgeons must do more to report needle injuries
- Surgeons dispute Department of Health claims over doctors hours
- Response from Dean of the FDS to the Jimmy Steele review
- RCS Statement on NCEPOD Kidney failure report
- Low priority ‘brain attack’ patients missing out on life-saving surgery
- RCS statement on Royal College of Physicians report: Women and Medicine
May 2009
- New EWTD data shows NHS is missing August target
- RCS response to Department of Health announcement of review into medical training under EWTD
March 2009
- Doctors’ swipe cards pose superbug risk
- College response to Healthcare Commission report into Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- RCS opens World leading surgical training centre
- College responds to The Healthcare Commission's report into children's services in hospitals
- Seedy side of 18th century London revealed in 'adults-only' lectures at Hunterian Museum
February 2009
- New taskforce to consider breakthrough in larynx transplant treatment
- Patients to benefit from stronger voice in surgery with new reporting system
- RCSEng Statement on Department of Health decision to apply for working time derogation
- College offers GMC new approach in proving surgical ability
- Surgeons call for solution on patient safety and future training as doctors hours are slashed
November 2008
- Anaesthetists and Surgeons offer stark warning over hospital European Working Time readiness
- New organ specialists planned to meet donation increase
October 2008
September 2008
- NHS “black hole” for patients with major trauma injuries
- First national study reveals strength in joint replacement
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
- NHS operations cancelled because of failing new instrument cleaning centres
- Patients to benefit as Yorkshire School of Surgery opens
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
- College statement on plans for ‘opt-out’ organ donation system
- Response to Sir John Tooke's final report
- Report highlights best of upcoming surgical research
- Hunterian Museum remembers plastic surgery pioneers
October 2007
- Regional course addresses shortfall in minimally invasive surgery
- RCS opens state-of-the-art surgical training centre
- President comments on 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review
September 2007
- Provision of trauma care policy briefing
- President welcomes Bruce Keogh's appointment as NHS Medical Director - 6th September 2007
July 2007
- Children's surgery undermined, says report - 26th July 2007
- Royal College of Surgeons announces audit of independent treatment sector centres - 19th July 2007
- College responds to Chief Medical Officer's recommendations on organ donation - 17th July 2007
- Royal College of Surgeons leads culture change in surgery - 5th July 2007
May 2007
April 2007
- Lottery funding award for Hunterian Museum project: Exhibiting Difference - 23 April 2007
- MTAS statement - 4 April 2007
March 2007
- Training surgeons to treat gun, knife and traffic trauma - 28 March 2007
- Response to Health Select Committee Report on Workforce - 27 March 2007
- Statement on MTAS - 23 March 2007
- A Shortage of Donated Bodies Leaves Anatomy Teaching in Crisis - 12 March 2007
- Surgeons Agree Rescue Measures for Failing MTAS System - 9 March 2007
February 2007
- Secrets of the Spider Web - 22 February 2007
- RCS Welcomes White Paper on the Regulation of Health Professionals - 21 February 2007
January 2007
