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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 on Dental Specialty Examinations

Joint Statement on Dental Specialty Examinations - Read more

A joint statement has been released from the Surgical Royal Colleges on Dental Speciality Examinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.



How COVID-19 has affected Medical Students

How COVID-19 has affected Medical Students - Read more

Mr Garikai Kungwengwe is a final year medical student at Swansea University and was a finalist in the 2019/20 RCSEd and Medtronic Surgical Skills Competition. Gari has given us an insight into how his life as a medical student has changed during the COVID-19 crisis.



Death of Mr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, Consultant Urological Surgeon and RCSEd Fellow

Death of Mr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, Consultant Urological Surgeon and RCSEd Fellow  - Read more

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is saddened to hear of the death of Fellow, Mr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Homerton Hospital, on the 8th April 2020, due to COVID-19.



RCSEd Dental Ambassadors on COVID-19: How the Outbreak is Affecting Dental Societies

RCSEd Dental Ambassadors on COVID-19: How the Outbreak is Affecting Dental Societies  - Read more

Fiona Ellwood BEM, Subject Expert at Bangor University, GDC Education Associate and Registration Panel Member and Executive Board Member of Society British Dental Nurses, Vice President British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy, talks about her experience with the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak and how her teams are working to adapt to the new situation.



The Effects of COVID-19 on Non-medical Practitioners in Surgery - a Report by FPC Lead Charlie Auld

The Effects of COVID-19 on Non-medical Practitioners in Surgery - a Report by FPC Lead Charlie Auld - Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant challenges to surgical practice with postponement of elective operating, outpatient clinics and a reduction in aerosol generating procedures irrespective of the specialty. The Faculty of Perioperative Care Lead, Charlie Auld, gives us an insight into the effects of COVID-19 on non-medical practitioners in surgery.





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