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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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Joint Statement from Care Quality Commission and General Dental Council

 Joint Statement from Care Quality Commission and General Dental Council - Read more

Resuscitation Council (UK) recommends cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for dental teams.



Diploma in Implant Dentistry - all you need to know about pursuing a career in implantology

Diploma in Implant Dentistry - all you need to know about pursuing a career in implantology - Read more

The RCSEd Diploma in Implant Dentistry equips general dental practitioners with a wide range of theoretical and practical skills required in dental implantology. Ulpee Darbar, exam Convener and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Eastman Dental Hospital, gives us insights into the examination format and how to best prepare for it.



AoMRC: COVID-19 training risk reporting tool now live

AoMRC: COVID-19 training risk reporting tool now live - Read more

The HEE has launched an online reporting tool for postgraduate medical and dental trainees, Training Programme Directors (TPDs) and Heads of School (HoS) to report perceived risks to experiential learning and progression due to the COVID-19 pandemic.



RCSEd respond to GMC's publication of 'The state of medical education and practice in the UK'

RCSEd respond to GMC's publication of 'The state of medical education and practice in the UK' - Read more

RCSEd President, Michael Griffin responds to GMC's publication of 'The state of medical education and practice in the UK'.



RCSEd Trainees Committee respond to GMC’s “State of medical education and practice in the UK”

RCSEd Trainees Committee respond to GMC’s “State of medical education and practice in the UK” - Read more

Haroon Rehman, Chair of the Trainees Committee of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh responds to the publication of the GMC’s “State of medical education and practice in the UK”





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