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RCSEd Voices Concerns over SCPs Performing High-Risk Surgery
As an organisation focused on improving standards of surgical care and patient outcomes, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is extremely concerned about the recent publication in the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) (“Laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by a surgical care practitioner: a review of outcomes”) detailing the experience of a Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) performing laparoscopic cholecystectomies.
In a landmark collaboration aimed at addressing the critical shortage of skilled surgical care in conflict and disaster zones, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is teaming up with the David Nott Foundation (DNF) to later this year host their Hostile Environment Surgical Training UK (HEST-UK) course at the College in Edinburgh.
Nominations Open for Trainee member of Council 2024
Nominations are invited for this key opportunity for the opinion of our Trainee membership to influence College policy in the future on a wide range of issues including training, education, assessment and future service delivery. The Trainee member of Council also co-chairs the Trainee Committee during their term of office.
Other RCSEd News
Press Statement: The College and the FSSA are calling again for the government to introduce statutory regulation for SCPs
- Published: 26 July 2019
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations (FSSA) have again written to Stephen Hammond MP, Minister of State for Heath, calling once more for the government to introduce statutory regulation for surgical care practitioners (SCPs). Whilst the Department for Health & Social Care rece…
College prepares for 'Festival Season' in Edinburgh
- Published: 24 July 2019
August is festival season in Edinburgh and as in previous years, our Edinburgh campus will be transformed into ‘theSpace @ Surgeons Hall’, a bustling theatre venue, comprising six performance spaces, a vibrant courtyard bar and a chic gin and prosecco bar.
Association of Anaesthetists Endorses RCSEd #LetsRemoveIt Campaign
- Published: 24 July 2019
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is delighted to announce that the Association of Anaesthetists, the representative body of over 11,000 anaesthetists worldwide, has endorsed #LetsRemoveIt, the College’s ongoing campaign against bullying and undermining.
MFDS Success - Why take the Part 2 Exam with us?
- Published: 19 July 2019
We caught up with Yasamin Zarandi, graduate from the University of Bristol, who has recently passed the MFDS OSCE exam and is now a member of our College. Yasamin talks about her experience with the exam and why she chose to sit it with the RCSEd.
Posthumous Degrees Awarded to First Female Doctors
- Published: 10 July 2019
Women at centre of Surgeons’ Hall Riot recognised for their pioneering efforts to study medicine.
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