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25 Feb 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has described today’s waiting figures in Northern Ireland as challenging. New waiting time figures, released this morning (Feb 24, 2022) cover October through to December 2021 and paint a grim picture for patients in Northern Ireland.
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17 Feb 2022
Leading surgeons in Wales have highlighted the risk of a postcode lottery of care for people waiting for an operation without strong direction from Welsh Government for the recovery of elective surgery.
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10 Feb 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has warned a ‘big challenge’ lies ahead for the NHS to eliminate the number of people waiting more than two years for consultant-led hospital treatment by July.
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20 Jan 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has responded to figures, published today, showing the number of patients waiting for treatment in Wales has reached a record 682,279.
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13 Jan 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has expressed ‘grave concern’ that more than 2 million people have been waiting over the statutory 18 weeks for NHS hospital treatment. Today’s figures also report a record total waiting list, with 6 million patients waiting for consultant-led hospital treatment. This is the highest figure since records began in August 2007.
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06 Jan 2022
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has today published a report into ‘Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic’. After giving evidence to the inquiry last year, the Royal College of Surgeons of England is welcoming the report and its recommendations.
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22 Dec 2021
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has launched a ‘Winter Appeal’ to support the development of a unique medical media library that reflects the true diversity of the population.
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21 Dec 2021
Northern Ireland’s leading health care organisations representing doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, midwives and healthcare workers are sending out a message of solidarity to their members ahead of what many expect to be the worst winter period ever faced
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16 Dec 2021
The government has today published its response to the Paterson Inquiry Report. Read the College's statement on this here.
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15 Dec 2021
Royal College of Surgeons of England comment on the General Medical Council's annual report on 'The state of medical education and practice in the UK'
