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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.
In a landmark collaboration aimed at addressing the critical shortage of skilled surgical care in conflict and disaster zones, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is teaming up with the David Nott Foundation (DNF) to later this year host their Hostile Environment Surgical Training UK (HEST-UK) course at the College in Edinburgh.
Nominations Open for Trainee member of Council 2024
Nominations are invited for this key opportunity for the opinion of our Trainee membership to influence College policy in the future on a wide range of issues including training, education, assessment and future service delivery. The Trainee member of Council also co-chairs the Trainee Committee during their term of office.
Other RCSEd News
2024 Surgical Skills Competition Winners Announced!
- Published: 19 March 2024
The Surgical Skills Competition Grand Final took place at the College on Saturday 16 March. Students from 40 medical schools across the UK came together for a friendly competition to test their surgical skills.
RCSEd Launches its First Malaysia-United Kingdom Travelling Fellowship
- Published: 12 March 2024
The Malaysia-United Kingdom Travelling Fellowship (MUTF) is a strategic tripartite collaboration programme between the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Malaya (UM). This pilot programme aims to provide observership opportunities for Malaysian surgical trainees to be hosted at centres of surgical excellence in the UK.
Remembering Former RCSEd Dental Dean, John Gould
- Published: 7 March 2024
RCSEd would like to pay respect to John Ferguson Gould, former RCSEd Faculty of Dental Surgery Dean during 1989-1992, who sadly passed away.
National Clinical Impact Awards: Applications Open Now
The 2024 National Clinical Impact Awards are open for applications from Monday 4 March and close on Monday 15 April. The Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA) advises health ministers on the presentation of clinical impact awards to consultants working in the NHS.
RCSEd Dental Dean responds to the Health Service Journal Article — Revealed: The systems with a third of dental budget unspent
- Published: 5 March 2024
Professor Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, responds to the Health Service Journal Article — Revealed: The systems with a third of dental budget unspent.
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