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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

Death of Mr Manjeet S Riyat, A & E Consultant at University Hospital of Derby and Burton and RCSEd Fellow

Published: 22 April 2020 | Tags:

COVID-19

Faculties

It is with great sadness we share the news that Mr Manjeet S Riyat, A & E Consultant at University Hospital of Derby and Burton and Fellow of the College, has passed from COVID-19.

Death of Mr Simon Hercules, Medical Director and Head of Neurosurgery at New Hope Medical Centre, Chennai and RCSEd Fellow

Published: 22 April 2020 | Tags:

COVID-19

Faculties

It is with a heavy heart we share the news of the death of Mr Simon Hercules, Medical Director and Head of Neurosurgery at New Hope Medical Centre, Chennai due to COVID-19 on Sunday 19th April.

RCSEd Dental Ambassadors on COVID-19: Changes in the Orthodontics Team

Published: 20 April 2020 | Tags:

The health, wellbeing and safety of patients, their families and our people has always been the College’s main priority. With the COVID-19 outbreak posing significant challenges to the Dental Teams, our Dental Ambassadors are staying in contact and keeping us updated with the latest changes in their departments.

RCSEd President responds to latest PPE guidance published by Public Health England (PHE)

Published: 18 April 2020

Professor Michael Griffin OBE, President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, responds to the latest PPE guidance published by Public Health England (PHE).

Press Statement: RCSEd President responds to latest PPE guidance published by Public Health England (PHE)

Published: 18 April 2020

Responding to the latest PPE guidance published by Public Health England (PHE), Professor Michael Griffin OBE, President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh said: “We are deeply concerned about this latest change to the PPE guidance as it has been developed and published without the explicit support of medical Royal Colleges. There …

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