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Latest press releases
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Mon25Mar2019
Poor team-working among surgeons must be challenged no matter how uncommon, says RCS
Today the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is calling on surgical teams and leaders in UK NHS and private hospitals to ensure they embed strong team-working across all of their services. This follows findings that, where rare problems occur in surgical practice, poor team working between surgeons is often a major factor. Analysis of one hundred surgical reviews over 10 years conducted by the RCS identified poor teamwork as an issue leading to problems in surgical practice in over three quarters (76%) of the reviews. -
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.