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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

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

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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Edge Hill University launches new partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) to drive forward new medical research and training

Published: 7 February 2022

Edge Hill University has launched a new partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) to drive forward new medical research and training.

The two institutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on education and engagement with the healthcare community to improve patient safety.

Dr Elsie Inglis Tribute Campaign

Published: 2 February 2022

Dr Elsie Inglis, 1864-1917, was a former licentiate of the RCSEd and RCPE Colleges. She was a pioneering medical student, qualifying in 1902, a much respected physician and surgeon, suffragist and probably best known for founding the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH).

Press Statement: Royal Colleges across UK to illuminate to mark anniversary of deadly coup in Myanmar

Published: 1 February 2022

On Tuesday 1st February - one year since the deadly coup in Myanmar took place – Royal Colleges across the UK will light up their buildings in red in a moment of solidarity and remembrance for health workers who have risked, and lost, their lives to provide care over the past year. The gesture led by the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET),…

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ICBSE Announcement: DO-HNS Part 2 OSCE to be renamed MRCS (ENT) OSCE

Published: 28 January 2022

Following the discontinuation of the DO-HNS Part 1 examination in September 2021, we would like to inform you that the DO-HNS Part 2 (OSCE) examination is to be renamed the MRCS (ENT) OSCE. This will take effect from February 2022. The format and content of the MRCS (ENT) OSCE will be the same as when the examination was called the DO-HNS Part 2 OSCE.

Nominations Sought for College Council Vacancy

Published: 21 January 2022 | Tags:

The Council of the College is seeking nominations for one vacancy which will arise on Council at the AGM in November 2022 when Professor Wilson will come to the end of her term of office.