Press Releases

UK health organisations launch an anti-bullying and undermining resource

RCSEd join forces to address bullying and undermining in the workplace

Published: 4 April 2019

A new resource that brings together the range of work being conducted across the medical professions to eradicate workplace bullying is being launched by a coalition of leading health organisations today. Over a quarter of NHS staff in England experienced bullying by a colleague in the last year, and research estimates that it costs the health ser…

RCSEd Says Lack of Care for Young Medics Symptomatic of Wider Problem

Published: 30 March 2019

Responding to the publication of a series of accounts that detail the lack of care and regard the NHS has for young medics, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) President Professor Michael Griffin OBE, said: “We are grateful for Doctor Poole’s work to highlight how the NHS takes trainees for granted. The case studies she presents are n…

Plymouth Student Awarded With The Sharpest Skills In The UK

Tense competition final tests Surgeons of the future to cut out bad habits and sharpen up their skills Tense competition final tests Surgeons of the future to cut out bad habits and sharpen up their skills

Published: 18 March 2019

Run by Britain’s oldest surgical Royal College, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh with sponsors Medtronic, the National Surgical Skills Competition, now in its fourth year, was won by University of Plymouth Peninsula Medical School student James Russell, after a gruelling series of tests designed to push the finalist's skills to the extrem…

Launch of Scottish Clinicians Collaborative Offering Support for Rural Hospitals

Retired clinicians to support local services

Published: 18 March 2019

Recently retired doctors are to return to work as part of a new collaboration to support health services in remote and rural areas. Under the new Scottish Clinicians Collaborative, which is being developed by the Scottish Government and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, clinicians who have recently retired or are working part-time can t…

International Training Conference to Make Urgent Call to Develop New Training Models that Future-Proof the Global Surgical Community

ICOSET 2019

Published: 5 March 2019

Surgical trainers will attend one of the biggest global surgical training events, which is being hosted in Edinburgh this month. The delegates come together from around the world to hear from a unique selection of world-renowned experts in training, and to help shape the future of surgical training. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSE…