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Fellows and Members honored for dedication to healthcare

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Several Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list for their work in healthcare, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.



Press Statement: RCSEd welcomes £160m of funding towards tackling the impact of COVID on elective care

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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh welcomes the £160million of funding towards tackling the impact of Covid on elective care. RCSEd President, Professor Michael Griffin, said: The backlog of elective care, in particular non-urgent surgery, is now at its worst level since records began. In addition, we have a ‘hidden’ waiting list of peop…



Press Statement: Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery Responds to Dental Student Announcement

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In response to the announcement that all years of dental students in Scotland will be required to repeat the academic year, Professor Phil Taylor, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, said: I appreciate this must be a very difficult time for dental students, who have missed out on a great deal o…



Joint UK Royal Surgical Colleges, Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations and Upper Airway Group Statement

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In the light of the recent changed JCVI and national public health authorities guidance on vaccination priority and increasing the interval between first and second doses of the vaccine, representatives of the Colleges, FSSA, and the Upper Airway Specialty Group have agreed the following:



RCSEd Policy and Public Affairs Future Plans

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The Policy Team have continued their work on equality and diversity this week with a meeting of the College’s short life working group to discuss future plans for a campaign on this very important matter during 2021 and beyond.





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