Press releases

  • Response to the Shape of Training Review

    29 Oct 2013 'We welcome many aspects of this report, particularly its focus on ensuring that postgraduate medical education and training is responsive to changing demographic and patient needs.'

  • Response to NHS complaints handling report

    28 Oct 2013 ‘Clinicians have a duty to seek feedback from patients and to ensure that complaints are taken seriously. This report serves as a reminder that when patient safety concerns are raised they must be dealt with in a timely and constructive fashion, without cover up.'

  • Access to NHS stroke prevention surgery improving

    23 Oct 2013 New figures reveal that, for the first time, more than half of NHS patients who need vital stroke prevention surgery are accessing it within two weeks of experiencing symptoms of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA or mini stroke).

  • Surgeon returns from Syria and gives interview of his time treating patients

    17 Oct 2013 In the moving interview he talks about gunmen shooting indiscriminately. He also discusses the training he delivered to doctors on the ground, leading to lives being saved.

  • RCS President to chair Working Time Directive Taskforce

    11 Oct 2013 It has been announced today that Professor Norman Williams, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, is to chair an independent taskforce on the implementation of the Working Time Directive and its impact on the NHS and health professionals.

  • PRCS awarded Honorary Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons

    09 Oct 2013 This week, ahead of the official opening of the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Professor Norman Williams was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons for services to surgery in the UK.

  • Comment on the report from the Future Hospital Commission

    12 Sep 2013 “At the heart of this report is the concept of healthcare professionals taking collective responsibility for patient care, working cohesively to deliver a true seven day service."

  • Comment on BBC Radio 4 programme on seven day care in hospitals

    12 Aug 2013 "It is not acceptable that mortality and complication rates are significantly higher for patients admitted as emergencies at the weekend."

  • Response to Don Berwick patient safety review

    06 Aug 2013 "‘The publication of today’s Review rightly reinforces the fact that patients and carers must be empowered, engaged and heard."

  • RCS statement on Cardiff and Vale report

    26 Jul 2013 On 12 April 2013, the Royal College of Surgeons’ (RCS) Professional Affairs Board (PAB) in Wales met with clinical leads of the surgical departments that form part of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CVUHB).

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