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11 Feb 2016
NHS England performance data published today for December 2015 shows that the Government’s waiting time target for planned treatment has been missed for the first time since the target was introduced in April 2012.
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04 Feb 2016
We are saddened to learn of the death of former RCS President Sir Geoffrey Slaney.
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28 Jan 2016
The BBC has today published a story warning that NHS patients in Wales wait longer for treatment and diagnosis than patients in England 'for most of the main categories.
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08 Jan 2016
We are proud to announce the following members received recognition in the New Years Honours list.
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06 Jan 2016
The NHS and the social care systems are currently living on a knife edge. We strongly support calls to establish a cross-party commission on health and social care.
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04 Jan 2016
“It is appalling that tooth decay remains the most common reason why five-to nine-year olds are admitted to hospital"
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17 Dec 2015
Commenting on The British Journal of Anaesthesia’s study into mortality of emergency general surgical patients by Miss Clare Marx, President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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14 Dec 2015
Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is one of the most common types of cancer diagnosed in the UK. Over 40,000 people are diagnosed every year.
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12 Dec 2015
Ahead of the Assembly elections in 2016 The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has today published a seminal report, The State of Surgery in Wales, which warns that unacceptably high waiting times in Wales need to be urgently tackled
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25 Nov 2015
We strongly welcome the additional £3.8 billion investment the Chancellor is making available to the NHS in the coming year.