Press releases

10 Apr 2018 The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has said areas where there are significant oral health problems should prioritise children’s oral health in their Health and Wellbeing strategies and use successful schemes, such as supervised tooth brushing in nurseries, to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

06 Apr 2018 The Faculty of Dental Surgery is calling for some of the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy introduced today (6 April) to be used to teach children about oral health as new figures reveal 60,000 school days are lost each year because children are admitted to hospital to have teeth removed. Tooth extraction is the most common reason for hospital admittance in children and a child has a tooth removed every 10 minutes, according to data released by Public Health England (PHE) today.

06 Apr 2018 Following Health Education England’s consultation on Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future: A draft health and care workforce strategy for England, leaders from eight Royal Colleges and Faculties have written a joint statement to urge the government and its partners to prioritise four key points whilst developing the new strategy.

06 Apr 2018 An unacceptable number of patients are waiting longer than two years for treatment in Northern Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has warned today. Some patients have waited at least four years from first referral to treatment, and the number of patients waiting over two years is much higher than in England.

05 Apr 2018 The Royal College of Surgeons has responded to news the Duke of Edinburgh has undergone a successful hip replacement operation.

03 Apr 2018 The Royal College of Surgeons has responded to news that the Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital in central London for planned surgery on his hip. At this stage it is not known what type of hip operation the Duke of Edinburgh is due to undergo.

01 Apr 2018 The Government's Soft Drinks Industry Levy will come into affect on Friday 6 April 2018. The Faculty of Dental Surgery has previously welcomed the levy and called for some of the money generated to be used for children's oral health programmes.

08 Mar 2018 Over 62,000 fewer NHS treatments, including surgical operations, were performed by consultants this winter (November - January) compared to the previous winter, analysis by the Royal College of Surgeons shows.

07 Mar 2018 The Royal College of Surgeons has said it strongly welcomes news that the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service has revoked restrictions on David Sellu’s practice and ruled that no tribunal considering his fitness to practise can proceed.

01 Mar 2018 “The GIRFT Vascular report shows that many patients with potentially fatal conditions can wait far too long before they see a consultant vascular surgeon. It also demonstrates great variation in provision of care across the country which does not need to be the case."