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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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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Announces New President-Elect

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Announces New President-Elect - Read more

Professor Rowan Parks has been appointed as the new President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and will officially take on the role in November 2022.



Press Release: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Announces New President-Elect

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Announces New President-Elect - Read more

Professor Rowan Parks has been appointed as the new President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and will officially take on the role in November 2022.  Professor Parks is currently a consultant hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgeon and Professor of Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and has served on the RCSEd Council si…



Joint Statement on the Appointment of the New Chair of the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations

Joint Statement on the Appointment of the New Chair of the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations - Read more

We write to you from the Joint Surgical Royal Colleges to confirm the appointment of Mr Michael Lewis as Chair of the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations (JCIE).



Press Statement: RCSEd Disappointed in the government’s response to the Parliamentary Select Committees Report on Cancer Services

RCSEd Disappointed in the government’s response to the Parliamentary Select Committees Report on Cancer Services - Read more

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is disappointed in the government’s response to the Parliamentary Select Committees report on cancer services. We are also disappointed in their decision not to offer a full response to the independently appointed expert panels review of performance against government targets, especially as for the first t…



Good Medical Practice Review: take part in the consultation

Good Medical Practice Review: take part in the consultation - Read more

The GMC have announced that they are consulting on an updated version of Good Medical Practice - the standards of professional behaviour and patient care expected from all doctors in the UK. This is the first review of the guidance since 2013 and the consultation consists of 29 questions around the following four main themes





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