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04 Mar 2019
Trainee surgeons Ellen Ross and Leo Brown are celebrating after winning a highly prestigious UK-wide surgical skills competition. The talented duo, who were representing the North East School of Surgery, walked away with the title of 'Best Core Surgical Trainees in the UK', along with a prize of £1,500 to share, after taking part in the Royal College of Surgeons’ competition.
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28 Feb 2019
Northern Ireland Department of Health waiting time statistics published today (Thursday 28 February 2019) show there are now 21,477 patients waiting more than a year for inpatient treatment – a rise of almost 43.4% compared to December 2017. A further 94,953 are now waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland. Analysis by the Royal College of Surgeons has found that, by contrast, there were only 2,237 patients waiting more than a year in England.
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22 Feb 2019
Royal College of Surgeons analysis of the latest waiting times data for Wales published today shows 9,000 fewer instances of people waiting longer than nine months waiting to start treatment at the end of 2018 compared to 2017– a reduction of 41%.
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21 Feb 2019
Nearly 6 in 10 children (57.7%), aged one to four years, did not see an NHS dentist in 2018 according to analysis of NHS Digital data by the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons.
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14 Feb 2019
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.
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11 Feb 2019
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.
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04 Feb 2019
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.
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10 Jan 2019
The President of the Royal College of Surgeons has called on the Government to renew its efforts to reduce waiting times, as latest figures suggest the NHS is will likely fail to meet a key goal set out in NHS England’s annual planning guidance. This stipulated that NHS commissioners and providers should aim for their Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting list to be no higher in March 2019 than in March 2018 and, where possible, it should be reduced.
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07 Jan 2019
Professor Derek Alderson, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, has welcomed the NHS Long Term Plan, saying that it is right that the Government and NHS England continue to project an ambitious vision of healthcare. However, he has raised concerns that there is no clear timeline for meeting the 18-week target for operations and planned treatment.
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04 Jan 2019
As people across the UK pledge to do “Dry January” following alcohol-fuelled Christmas and New Year celebrations, a leading dental surgeon is urging individuals to limit their alcohol consumption for another important reason – their oral health.
