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Latest press releases
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Thu14Mar2019
NHS hospitals need plan to tackle backlog of patients, warns RCS
NHS hospitals continue to struggle to reduce long waiting lists which include over 220,000 patients that have been waiting more than six months for treatment, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has warned. There were also over 36,000 patients waiting more than nine months for treatment. -
Mon11Mar2019
Joint RCS and RCP response to NHS England’s clinically-led review of NHS access standards
The Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians have issued a joint response to a review of NHS access standards announced by NHS England today. -
Wed6Mar2019
Nine out of ten hospital tooth extractions among children aged 0 to 5 are due to preventable tooth decay
The Faculty of Dental Surgery has responded to figures published by Public Health England which suggest almost nine out of ten hospital tooth extractions among children aged 0 to 5 are due to preventable tooth decay.