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Regional Infrastructure
The College has an established network of regional representatives including: Regional Advisers, Deanery Advisers, Specialty Advisers, Surgical Tutors, CSTC Chairmen and Programme Directors. The College will be piloting a revised range of roles and committee structures to enable more efficient delivery of surgical education and. training the School of Surgery. South Yorkshire and South Humber (SYSH), Northern, Mersey Trent, Yorkshire, Severn and Peninsula will be involved in these pilots. Roles will be defined, committee structures defined and a Regional Board for Surgery established supported by an Executive Strategy Group chaired by the Dean but led by the Deanery Adviser. Hospitals and Programmes will be represented on the Board and a new role of Departmental Education Supervisor will be trialled to enhance support at Trust level. The new roles will require acknowledged time and resources in job plans. The new training structure and ensuing curriculum reform demands a series of changes at Trust, Programme and Deanery level to ensure standards are set and monitored effectively. Changes to the regional infrastructure will occur during the next two years and we will keep trainers and consultants informed as we make progress and develop our educational partnership with Deans and Trusts.
The College has developed a regional infrastructure (systems and roles) which is underpinned by its regional representatives enabling the College to work locally with the key aim of supporting standards of safe patient care. It works in partnership with the deaneries and Schools of Surgery to develop training and education and with the Specialty Associations, SHAs, Trusts and local health care providers to implement and maintain professional standards and facilitate surgical service provision.
In developing and supporting a regional infrastructure for education and training delivery, the College is implementing its strategic aim to consolidate its position as a leading national and international centre for surgical education, training, assessment, examination and research. To help facilitate this, the College has established Postgraduate Schools of Surgery in partnership with the Deaneries.
In developing and establishing a regional infrastructure for maintaining professional standards and facilitating surgical service provision, the College is implementing its strategic aims of providing strong leadership and support for all surgeons in all matters relating to their surgical practice throughout their surgical careers and to promote, by consultation and in collaboration with other surgical royal Colleges, the Specialty Associations and other interested parties, the development of an effective single voice for surgery on relevant professional issues. To help facilitate this, the College has developed two new regional roles and established local Professional Affairs Boards through the Supporting Surgeons in the Workplace initiative.
The established range of regional representatives includes: Heads of School, Surgical Tutors, Directors for Professional Affairs, Regional Specialty Professional Advisors. Each role is elected or appointed from an appropriate constituency either within the School of Surgery, SHA/developed equivalent structure in Wales and Northern Ireland or within the Trust.
