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RCSEd Fellows and Members Celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours List 2024

RCSEd Fellows and Members Celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours List 2024

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is proud to celebrate many of our Fellows and Members who have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List 2024 for their achievements and service across a wide range of healthcare.

RCSEd Voices Concerns over SCPs Performing High-Risk Surgery

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.

RCSEd Welcomes Election Focus on NHS Dentistry

RCSEd Welcomes Election Focus on NHS Dentistry

We are delighted that dentistry is being taken seriously by all the parties in the election and has featured in many manifestos and media interviews.

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Round-Up: FST Annual Conference 2019

Round-Up: FST Annual Conference 2019 - Read more

Read up on the latest news discussed at this year's FST Annual Conference held in Birmingham on 25 October 2019.



RCSEd President's Forum and Surgical Skills Symposium held in Oxford

RCSEd President's Forum and Surgical Skills Symposium held in Oxford - Read more

Last weekend saw RCSEd President, Professor S Michael Griffin OBE host his final President’s Forum of 2019 in Oxford with the support of Mike Silva, Regional Surgical Adviser (RSA) for Oxford.



Faculty of Surgical Trainers Annual Meeting 2019

Faculty of Surgical Trainers Annual Meeting 2019 - Read more

The Faculty of Surgical Trainers' Annual Meeting is underway today at The Studio in Birmingham.



Professor Elizabeth Davenport Awarded the King James IV Professorship

Professor Elizabeth Davenport Awarded the King James IV Professorship - Read more

Professor Elizabeth Davenport has been awarded the King James IV Professorship by the College. On 3 October 2019 Professor Davenport delivered the King James IV Lecture entitled The Pursuance of Excellence and the Advancement of Dental Education as part of the award, where she discussed paediatric dentistry and disease together with current concepts of education review.



RCSEd Responds to the CQC's Annual State of Care Report

RCSEd Responds to the CQC's Annual State of Care Report - Read more

The CQC’s annual State of Care report explores the quality of care across acute, community and social care services.

This year’s report highlights the impact increased pressures are having on elective procedures in England. Waiting lists for elective care grew by almost 1.3 million from June 2014 to June 2019, when it stood at nearly 4.4 million people (a rise of 40%). This is putting huge pressure on services as well as on staff who are working hard to try and tackle an ever growing workload.





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