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Press releases from January 2019


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Charities Partner to Save Scots from Cancer Killer

RCSEd, Surgeons Quarter & Bowel Cancer UK Join Forces

An organisation that puts its profits into advancing surgery worldwide has today, 31 January, announced that it will raise tens of thousands in 2019 to fight Scotland’s second biggest cancer killer.   For the very first time, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and its commercial arm, Surgeons Quarter, will collectively partner wi…


Documents Reveal Mary Queen of Scots Paved Way for Geneva Convention

AS Britain rediscovers its fascination with Mary Queen of Scots, the world’s oldest surgical college has released documents proving that she paved the way for the Geneva Convention 300 years before it came into force. With the BAFTA-nominated film wowing audiences in cinemas, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) has made public a doc…


£1m Grants Boost to Help Save Lives

Almost £1million of research grants that will play a key role in saving lives and improving treatments for patients have been awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Almost £1million of research grants that will play a key role in saving lives and improving treatments for patients have been awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, it has been revealed. Funding the next generation of surgical researchers is seen as one of the most important investments the College - Britain’s oldest surgical Royal…


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