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Responding to the launch of a government consultation on new restrictions on high-risk cosmetic procedures, Keith Allison, cosmetic surgery co-lead at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: “This consultation is long overdue. For too long, patients have been exposed to unnecessary risk in a fast-growing cosmetic procedures market where too many unscrupulous practitioners have been free to practise with little oversight."

Commenting on the latest Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC) data for 2025/26, Professor Frank Smith, Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England), said: “Seeing a nearly 9% increase, resulting in a £17.3 billion NHS maintenance backlog, is a stark reminder of the deteriorating state of parts of the NHS estate and the growing challenge of keeping ageing buildings safe and fit for purpose."

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has welcomed new findings from the National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA), published today by the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN), which shows a continuing rise in the numbers of men being diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in England and Wales.