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                  RCS Surgical Research Report 2017

                  Author: The Royal College of Surgeons of England
                  Year: 2017
                  Publisher: RCSENG

                  RCS Surgical Research Report 2017 (PDF 8Mb)

                  • Library & Publications
                    • RCS publications
                      • A Public Poll on the Word 'Surgeon'
                      • Access All Ages: Assessing the impact of ages on access to surgical treatment
                      • Access All Ages 2
                      • Acting on Concerns
                      • Actions for the Government to Improve Oral Health
                      • Annual Report 2004-2005
                      • Annual Report 2005-2006
                      • Annual Report 2006-2007
                      • Annual Report 2007-2008
                      • Annual Report 2008-2009
                      • Annual Report 2009-2010
                      • Annual Report 2011-2012
                      • Annual Report 2012-2013
                      • Annual Report 2013-2014
                      • Annual Report 2014-2015
                      • Annual Report 2015 -2016
                      • Annual Report 2016 -2017
                      • Annual Report 2017 - 2018
                      • Arthroscopic Meniscectomy
                      • Associate Specialist Appointments
                      • Asymptomatic Scrotal Swelling - Commissioning Guide
                      • Avoiding Unconscious Bias: A guide for surgeons
                      • Better Care for the Severely Injured
                      • National Bowel Cancer Audit
                      • National Bowel Cancer Audit - Supplementary
                      • Breast Lumpectomy
                      • Breast Mastectomy
                      • Breast Reducation - Commissioning Guide
                      • Building a Culture of Candour
                      • An Investigation of the Performance of the 3M Capital Hip System
                      • UK Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit Report
                      • Careers in Surgery 2014
                      • Carpel Tunnel Release
                      • Cataract Surgery
                      • Children's Surgery - A First Class Service
                      • Code of Practice for the Surgical Management of Jehovah's Witnesses
                      • Colinic Diverticular Disease - Commissioning Guide
                      • Commissioning Guide on Management of Paediatric Torsion for Consultation
                      • Confidentiality and Disclosure of Health Information - Toolkit
                      • Consent: Supported Decision-Making - a good practice guide
                      • Coronary Artery Bypass
                      • Course Accreditation
                      • Criteria for Recognition of Posts Suitable for Training in the MFDS/MFD Examination
                      • Curriculum Framework for the Surgical Care Practitioner: PLG response
                      • Delivering High-quality Surgical Services for the Future
                      • Delivering Surgical Services: Options for maximising resources
                      • Dental Sedation Report
                      • Good Practice in the Dental Specialties (2004)
                      • Developing a Modern Surgical Workforce
                      • Discectomy
                      • Duty of Candour Review - Final Report
                      • Duty of Candour - Guidance for Surgeons and Employers
                      • Emergency General Surgery - Commissioning Guide
                      • Caring for patients who refuse blood - a guide to good practice
                      • Impact of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Clinical Trials Initiative
                      • Emergency General Surgery
                      • End of Life Care Guidance
                      • Ethical Principals of Working Overseas
                      • Improving Surgical Training
                      • Outpatient clinics: A guide to good practice
                      • RCS Surgical Care Team Guidance Framework
                      • RCS Surgical Research Report 2017
                      • Surgical Innovation New Techniques and Technologies
                      • Using data to support change in clinical practice
                      • Working together to improve the local delivery of the General Surgery of Childhood
                      • Emergency Surgery: Standards for unscheduled care
                      • Ensuring the Provision of General Paediatric Surgery in the District General Hospital
                      • Equality and Diversity
                      • Facial Transplantation: Working Party Report (2006)
                      • Faecal Incontinence - Commissioning Guide
                      • FDS Prospectus 2005-2006
                      • First Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit
                      • Foreskin Conditions - Commissioning Guide
                      • From Innovation to Adoption
                      • From Theory to Theatre: Overcoming barriers to innovation in surgery
                      • Gall Bladder Removal
                      • Gallstones - Commissioning Guide
                      • General Guidelines and Protocol for the Recognition of Posts Suitable for Training under the MFDS/MFD and the MRCS(Eng) Regulations
                      • General Paediatric Surgery Survey
                      • General Professional Training in England and Wales
                      • GMC Revalidation FAQs for Retired Doctors
                      • Going into Hospital for an Operation
                      • Good Medical Practice
                      • Good Practice in the Dental Specialties (2001)
                      • Good Surgical Practice
                      • Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) - Commissioning Guide
                      • Groin Hernia Repair
                      • Good Surgical Practice - Mentoring
                      • Good Surgical Practice - Morbidity and Mortality Meetings
                      • Guidance for Health Authorities and Dental Schools Applying to FDS
                      • Guidance for Producing Cosmetic Surgery Information for Patients
                      • Guidance on Supporting Information for Revalidation for Surgery
                      • Guide on Revalidation for SAS Surgeons
                      • Guidelines for Appointment to Hospital Practitioner Grade in the Dentally Based Specialties
                      • Guidelines for Appointment to Staff Grade in the Dentally Based Specialties
                      • Guidelines for Community Dental Services applying to the Faculty of Dental Surgery for Recognition of Posts within the Service for Training for the MFDS
                      • Guidelines for Faculty Assessors on Advisory Appointment Committees for Consultants
                      • Guidelines for the Recognition of Posts in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Suitable for Training under the FRCS(Eng)/MRCS Regulations
                      • Handbook for College Assessors 2016
                      • Handbook for College Assessors
                      • Having an Operation?
                      • Hernia - Commissioning Guide
                      • The High Performing Surgical Team: A guide to best practice
                      • The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient
                      • Hospital Episode Stats and Revalidation
                      • Improving Surgical Practice: Learning from the experience of RCS invited reviews
                      • Improving your Elective Patient's Journey
                      • Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
                      • Laryngeal Transplantation: Working party final report
                      • Leadership and Management of Surgical Teams
                      • Live Surgery Broadcasts - Position Statement
                      • Liver Transplant Audit Report
                      • Locum Doctor Costs in NHS Trusts in England
                      • Locum Surgeons: Principles and standards
                      • Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - Commissioning Guide
                      • Lung Resection
                      • Male Circumcision: Guidance for Healthcare Practitioners
                      • Manual of Specialist Training in Dentistry in the United Kingdom and Ireland
                      • Massive Weight Loss Body Countouring - Commissioning Guide
                      • National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - Third Report
                      • National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - Fourth Report
                      • National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - First Report
                      • National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit - Second Report
                      • Medical Education England Review of the Impact of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on the Quality of Postgraduate Training
                      • Mentoring - A Guide to Good Practice
                      • Methodologies for Clinical Audit in Dentistry
                      • Mid-Staffordshire NHS FT Public Inquiry: The RCS view
                      • Morbidity and Mortality - A Guide to Good Practice
                      • Nasal Septoplasty
                      • National Joint Registry Report
                      • National Undergraduate Curriculum in Surgery
                      • National Vascular Registry Report on Surgical Outcomes
                      • Non-pharmacological Behaviour Management
                      • NPCA Annual Report
                      • National Vascular Registry Annual Report
                      • Oesophagectomy
                      • Openness and Transparency in Surgery
                      • Openness with Patients - Position statement
                      • Clinical Guidelines and Integrated Care Pathways for the Oral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities
                      • Orthognathic Procedures - Commissioning Guide
                      • Osteoarthritis of Knee - Commissioning Guide
                      • Otitis Media with Effusion - Commissioning Guide
                      • Paediatric Emergency Appendicectomy - Commissioning guide
                      • Paediatric Orchidoplexy - Commissioning guide
                      • Painful Deformed Great Toe in Adults - Commissioning Guide
                      • Painful Hip - Commissioning Guide
                      • Patient Outcomes in Surgery Report
                      • Pinnaplasty - Commissioning Guide
                      • Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) Breast Implants: Joint Surgical Statement on Clinical Guidance for Patients, GPs and Surgeons
                      • National Comparative Audit of Surgery for Nasal Polyposis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis
                      • Postgraduate Programme Accreditation Standards
                      • Pre-operative Tests Report
                      • Professional Standards for Cosmetic Practice
                      • Professional Standards for Cosmetic Surgery
                      • Provision of General Children's Surgery - Commissioning Guide
                      • Quality Assurance for the Dental Specialties
                      • Quality Indicators for Job Plans for SAS Surgeons
                      • A Question of Balance: The extended surgical team
                      • Raising Concerns - A Quick Guide for Surgeons
                      • RCS Briefing - Health and Social Care Bill 2011
                      • RCS Briefing - Health and Social Care Bill: Third Reading and Report Stage Briefing
                      • RCS Briefing - Health and Social Care Bill: Second Reading
                      • RCS Briefing - Procedures of Limited Clinical Value
                      • RCS Briefing - Seven Day Care Briefing
                      • RCS Position Statement - Commissioning a Competent Surgical Service
                      • RCS position statement - Surgical assistants
                      • RCS Response - Proposals for Legislation on Organ and Tissue Donation
                      • RCS Response - Centre for Workforce Intelligence: Shape of the Medical Workforce
                      • RCS Response - Commissioning a Competent Surgical Service
                      • RCS Response - Draft EU Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications
                      • RCS Response - European Commission Green Paper on Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive
                      • RCS Response - European Commission Consultation on the Professional Qualifications
                      • RCS Response - European Commission Second Phase Consultation: Reviewing the European Working Time Directive
                      • RCS Response - Future Forum, Phase Two: Education and Training
                      • RCS Response - Future Forum, Phase Two: Information
                      • RCS Response - Future Forum, Phase Two: Integrated Services
                      • RCS Response - Health and Social Care Bill: Re-committall to Bill Committee
                      • RCS Response - Innovation in the NHS
                      • RCS Response - NHS Future Forum: Listening Exercise
                      • RCS Response - NICE Consultation on Potential COF Indicators
                      • RCS Response - Proposals to Introduce Independent Prescribing to Podiatrists
                      • RCS Response to Welsh Assembly Health Strategy
                      • RCS Response to Welsh Assembly Organ Donation White Paper
                      • Reconfiguration of Surgical, Accident and Emergency and Trauma Services in the UK
                      • Rectal Bleeding - Commissioning Guide
                      • REFER Project Research Report
                      • Regional Trauma Systems: Interim guidance for commissioners
                      • Report on the State of Children's Oral Health
                      • Research Report 2003-2004
                      • Research Report 2005-2007
                      • Research Report 2008-2009
                      • Research Report 2010-2011
                      • Reshaping Surgical Services: Principles for Change
                      • Revalidation Guide for Surgery
                      • Rhinosinusitis - Commissioning Guide
                      • Rota Planning: Guidance from the Working Time Directive Working Party
                      • Safe Handover: Guidance from the Working Time Directive Working Party
                      • Safe Shift Working for Surgeons in Training: Revised College policy statement
                      • Separating Emergency and Elective Surgical Care: Recommendations for practice
                      • The Shape of Training
                      • Smokers and Overweight Patients: Soft targets for NHS savings?
                      • Standards for Children's Surgery
                      • Standards for non specialist emergency surgical care of children
                      • Standards for Non-specialist Emergency Surgical Care of Children
                      • State of Surgery in Wales
                      • Subacromial Shoulder Pain - Commissioning Guide
                      • National Study of Subarahnoid Haemorrhage Final Report
                      • Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - Policy statement
                      • Surgery for Children: Delivering a First Class Service
                      • Surgical Leadership: A guide to best practice
                      • Surgical Research Report 2011
                      • Surgical Research Report 2012
                      • Surgical Research Report 2013
                      • Surgical Research Report 2015-16
                      • Surgical Titles in the NHS - Position Statement
                      • Surgical Tutor Handbook
                      • Surgical Workforce 2006: Interim Report and Policy Update
                      • Surgical Workforce: 2007 Update
                      • Surgical Workforce Census Report
                      • The Surgical Workforce in the New NHS Report
                      • Surgical Workforce 2010: Profile and Trends
                      • Surgical Workforce Report 2011
                      • UK Surgical Workforce Statistics
                      • The Consultant Surgeon and the Consultant-delivered Service
                      • The High Performing Surgical Team
                      • The Higher Risk General Surgical Patient: Towards improved care for a forgotten group
                      • Theory to Theatre
                      • Thyroidectomy
                      • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ) - Commissioning Guide
                      • Tomorrow's Leaders
                      • National Prospective Tonsillectomy Audit Final Report
                      • Tonsillectomy - Commissioning Guide
                      • Total Hip Replacement
                      • Total Knee Replacement
                      • Treatment of Painful Tingling Fingers - Commissioning Guide
                      • Undergraduate Curriculum
                      • Using Social Media - A Practical and Ethical Guide for Surgeons
                      • Varicose Veins - Commissioning Guide
                      • Weight Assessment and Management Tier Services - Commissioning Guide
                      • Wisdom Teeth Extraction
                      • Workforce Report
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