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Latest press releases

  1. Fri
    17
    Jul
    2026

    Surgeons respond to the Government’s introduction of legislation to ban high-caffeine energy drinks for under-16s

  2. Tue
    14
    Jul
    2026

    Dental surgeons respond to RCPCH’s State of Child Health report

    Responding to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s (RCPCH) State of Child Health 2026, Professor Martyn Cobourne, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England), said: "The state of children’s oral health across the UK is a serious cause for concern."
  3. Thu
    9
    Jul
    2026

    Surgeons: Modernising NHS infrastructure "essential" to bring down waiting times

    The latest NHS consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times data for May 2026 show that 65.6% of patients started treatment within 18 weeks, while the overall waiting list increased to 7.3 million. In 104,734 cases, patients had been waiting more than 52 weeks for treatment.
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