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Latest press releases
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Thu14Feb2019
Consultant-led hospital treatment decreased again last year, as the number of patients on the waiting list topped 4 million
The number of patient admissions to an NHS hospital for consultant-led treatment, including planned surgery, reduced again last year despite an increase in the overall number of patients on the waiting list. -
Mon11Feb2019
RCS response to Topol Review report
The Topol Review, led by cardiologist, geneticist, and digital medicine researcher Dr Eric Topol and produced by Health Education England has been published today. The report explores how to prepare the healthcare workforce, through education and training, to deliver the digital future. -
Mon4Feb2019
Comment on NHS Improvement Theatre Efficiency report
NHS Improvement have found up to an extra 300,000 operations could be carried out each year through the improved scheduling of operating lists. The RCS had early sight of NHS Improvement’s findings and is supportive, but there are wider challenges facing surgeons which prohibit an increase in the number of operations able to be performed.