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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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Press Statement: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh statement on testing of asymptomatic NHS staff, elective surgery and diagnostics

Published: 16 October 2020 | Tags:

COVID-19

NHS

Testing

Since the onset of the pandemic, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has been calling for NHS staff to be tested for Covid-19 on a regular and rigorous basis. Only in this way can hospitals be secured and made safe for surgery. Over the past few months, both waiting times and the number of patients waiting for elective surgery have increase…

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College Appointments

Published: 15 October 2020 | Tags:

On behalf of the Council of the College, we are pleased to announce the appointments of Mr Zahid Raza as RCSEd Convener of Examinations and Mr Aidan Fitzgerald as RCSEd Convener of Education.

Also, the appointments of Mr Haroon Rehman as the elected Trainee representative on Council for two years, and Mr Yuri Kulikov who has been elected as the SAS representative on College Council for five years, both of whom will take up their roles in November 2020.

RCSEd Fellows Celebrated in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Published: 14 October 2020 | Tags:

Fellows

Members

Several Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh have been marked in this year’s honours list for their work in healthcare and the response to COVID-19.

Annual General Meeting 2020

Published: 13 October 2020 | Tags:

Fellows

Fellowship

The next Annual General Meeting of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh will take place virtually at 12.30pm on Friday 13 November 2020.

AOMRC National SAS Doctor Conference 2020

Published: 8 October 2020

The AOMRC, in collaboration with hosts, the RCOG and FSRH, have announced details for the next SAS Doctor conference. This year the theme is ‘SAS Doctor Careers – Challenges and Opportunities’ and will take place on the 30th November 2020, via an online platform.