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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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Winner of the Dental Skills Competition 2019/2020 receives Camera Prize

Winner of the Dental Skills Competition 2019/2020 receives Camera Prize  - Read more

Emma Louisa Smith, winner of the RCSEd & Dentsply Sirona National Student Dental Skills Competition 2019/2020 received a Digital SLR Camera kindly sponsored by Dr Tom Bereznicki.



Publication of MRCS Part A examination results delayed

Publication of MRCS Part A examination results delayed - Read more

We have experienced technical issues with our website and not all intercollegiate MRCS Part A examination results have been published.



Press Statement: RCSEd Respond to 2020 National Training Survey

RCSEd Respond to 2020 National Training Survey - Read more

Responding to the publication of the 2020 National Training Survey, Professor Michael Griffin OBE said: The Coronavirus pandemic has unsurprisingly placed great strain on an already stretched NHS, so it is sadly not surprising that 70% of doctors in training reported that their training has been disrupted. We remain grateful for their ongoing c…



Publication of MRCS Part A examination results delayed until Wednesday 28th October

Publication of MRCS Part A examination results delayed until Wednesday 28th October - Read more

The Intercollegiate Committee for Basic Surgical Examinations (ICBSE) has taken the difficult decision to delay the release of the MRCS Part A examination results from the September 2020 examination diet.



Press Statement: RCSEd Urges Home Office to Take Action on Visa Status of COVID Stricken Egyptian Doctor

RCSEd Urges Home Office to Take Action on Visa Status of COVID Stricken Egyptian Doctor - Read more

In April 2020 the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh called on the Home Office to grant leave to remain to the families of those overseas clinicians who passed away from COVID-19 having served on our NHS frontlines. We warmly welcomed the Home Office’s decision in that month to grant indefinite leave to remain to the families of those doctors w…





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