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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.

Other RCSEd News

AOMRC Statement on Continuing Clinician Development and Learning During COVID-19

Published: 2 October 2020 | Tags:

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The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, along with the Statutory Education Bodies in all four nations, recognise the huge pressures on the NHS in these difficult times and that healthcare professionals have worked tirelessly to ensure that the best possible care continues to be delivered to our patients.

Update on the RCSEd International Doctors’ Manifesto

Published: 1 October 2020 | Tags:

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Faculties

Surgical

RCSEd places huge value on both its international members and the pivotal role they play in delivering NHS services. To this end, we launched an international manifesto in April that called for five clear changes to be made to recognise and support our UK based international members and fellows.

New College Identity - A Message from the RCSEd President

Published: 22 September 2020

I wanted to announce a change to our logo which we have been working on over the past few months. The RCSEd was founded in 1505 and is therefore one of the oldest Surgical Colleges in the world. We serve almost 30,000 Affiliates, Members, and Fellows across the globe with 40% of our membership based overseas and over 15,500 members in England and Wales. We, therefore, felt it was important that our brand identity reflected our history and our reach.

RCSEd Announces the Launch of a New College App

Published: 22 September 2020 | Tags:

Dental

Faculties

Surgical

The RCSEd is delighted to announce the launch of its new mobile app, a hub of learning and development for surgeons, dentists, and healthcare professionals at all levels.

The Faculty of Dental Trainers Welcomes its First Fellow from India

Published: 22 September 2020

The RCSEd Faculty of Dental Trainers (FDT) has recently welcomed its first Fellow from India, Dr Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, due to his sustained contribution to Dental Education.