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Latest Press Statements issued by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd):

Student Dental Skills winners show they know the drill

A dental student from the University of Birmingham has come out on top in a prestigious national competition featuring entrants from 17 of the most acclaimed Dental Schools in the UK. Philip Eburne, from Acocks Green, Birmingham, was announced as the winner of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) Faculty of Dental Surgery’s ‘Dental C…


Royal Colleges across UK to illuminate to mark anniversary of deadly coup in Myanmar

On Tuesday 1st February - one year since the deadly coup in Myanmar took place – Royal Colleges across the UK will light up their buildings in red in a moment of solidarity and remembrance for health workers who have risked, and lost, their lives to provide care over the past year. The gesture led by the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET),…


Orthopaedic Research Fellowship Recipient Announced

The recipient of a research fellowship grant which was launched to support trainees looking to develop their orthopaedic research skills has been unveiled. Rebecca Stoner, a PhD student from Queen Mary University of London, has been awarded the grant and is embarking on a research project which will use a Bayesian network to help better predict tr…


RCSEd President responds to national survey results

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is alarmed at the revelations contained in the leaked national survey results as described in the Health Service Journal. President of the College, Professor Michael Griffin, said:  At a time when the pressures of the pandemic are still upon us, and the backlog of elective care is causing further stress…


Update from the RCSEd Policy and Public Affairs

Over the summer the policy team has been very busy working across the four nations of the UK. We have written to the new Secretary of State Sajid Javid and his newly appointed counterparts in Scotland, Humza Yousaf, and Wales, Eluned Morgan, to congratulate them on their new roles and to introduce the College. We also wrote to Amanda Pritchard, the…




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