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Open letter to trainee members
We will continue to speak truth to power on the challenges both you and your patients are facing in the NHS, and redouble our efforts to support your rights to high quality training and a just and acceptable working life.
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Open letter raises questions over future of of TIG Fellowships
06 Mar 2026 Urgent concerns about the future of Training Interface Group (TIG) Fellowships, following the withdrawal of national funding and coordination, have led ASiT and RCS England to issue an open letter to Jo Lenaghan, Interim Director General for People at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). -
Cancer Research UK partners with the Royal College of Surgeons of England to help people with rectal cancer avoid unnecessary surgery
03 Mar 2026 Cancer Research UK and the Royal College of Surgeons of England have launched a new initiative to improve treatment options for people with rectal cancer, a type of bowel cancer. The goal is to help more people avoid surgery by receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy first. -
2026 Hunterian, Arris and Gale and Arnott Lectureship Recipients
26 Feb 2026 Congratulations to the 2026 recipients of the prestigious Hunterian Lectureship, Arris and Gale Lectureship and Arnott Lectureship.

"Whilst on the surface it appears that the gender gap in medicine as a whole is decreasing or perhaps even inverting, in surgery the statistics tell a different story."
All surgical procedures carry the potential for adverse events. The latest issue of the Bulletin asks: Do surgeons need support - and, if so, what kind?