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10 Feb 2017
HS England data published today for October - December 2016 show that the number of cancelled planned operations has further increased. Figures show 21,249 planned operations were cancelled for non-clinical reasons in October - December 2016. This is a rise of 15.5% in one year even though there has only been a 1% rise in the total number of planned admissions.
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09 Feb 2017
NHS England has today launched a public consultation on how it will put in place new standards for hospitals providing congenital heart disease services in England. The consultation aims to gather as many views as possible from patients, families and clinical experts.
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09 Feb 2017
NHS England performance data published today for December 2016 shows that the Government’s official waiting time target for planned treatment has been missed again. The percentage of patients treated within 18 weeks has fallen below 90% for first time since March 2011.
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09 Feb 2017
StatsWales data published today for December 2016 show that during 2016 waiting times started to improve in the Welsh NHS.
The equivalent of 64,966 patients (14.9%) in Wales waited more than 26 weeks to start treatment despite the Welsh Government’s target of 95% of patients meeting this figure.
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09 Feb 2017
Professor Derek Alderson elected as President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Derek Alderson is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham. He is currently editor-in-chief of BJS Open. His main area of clinical interest continues to be oesophagogastric surgery.
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09 Feb 2017
The Royal College of Surgeons has welcomed NHS England’s decision to back away from plans to make healthcare professionals declare their private earnings - an issue the College objected to strongly when the guidelines were consulted on last year. However, the College remains worried that the overall proposals will increase the level of bureaucracy in the NHS without a clear benefit to patients.
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08 Feb 2017
In a House of Lords debate last week the Government said it plans to consult, within a couple of months, on having a single professional regulator for all healthcare professionals. The Government has also said it is planning to consult on how to regulate other healthcare professionals such as physician associates and surgical care practitioners.
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03 Feb 2017
Royal College of Surgeons response to reports NHS West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has immediately implemented a policy to suspend non-urgent surgery such as hip and knee surgery until the end of its financial year in April 2017 in a bid to make financial savings of £3.2 million.
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30 Jan 2017
The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP(UK)), the professional body representing general dental practice, and The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) and its Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) announce today that FDGP(UK) is taking the first step towards becoming an independent organisation.
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27 Jan 2017
Royal College of Surgeons' response to plans from Redditch and Bromsgrove, South Worcestershire, and Wyre Forest CCG’s to decrease the eligibility threshold for patients requiring hip and knee replacements.
