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  1. Tue
    13
    Jan
    2026

    Surgeons respond to BMJ findings on NHS costs from overseas surgery complications

    The College responds to research published by BMJ Open which revealed that the ‘postoperative complications of medical tourism may cost NHS up to £20,000 per patient’
  2. Tue
    16
    Dec
    2025

    Dental surgeons respond to government plans for dental contract reforms

    Responding to the Government's plans for NHS dental contract reforms, Dr Charlotte Eckhardt, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) said: “FDS welcomes the government’s focus on prioritising patients with the most urgent and complex needs, strengthening prevention in children’s oral health, and supporting better use of the wider dental team."
  3. Sat
    13
    Dec
    2025

    Surgeons warn government’s waiting list pledge “near impossible” without investment in operating theatres and surgical staff

    The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has warned that it will be “near impossible” for the NHS in England to meet the government’s manifesto pledge on waiting times without further investment, particularly in operating theatres and surgical staff, as the results of the latest UK Surgical Workforce Census are published.

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