Press Statements


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

RCSEd Responds to NHS Winter Crisis

RCSEd Presdident Professor Michael Lavelle-Jones responds to the current crisis of increased waiting times and cancelled operations within the NHS in England.

Responding to the current crisis of increased waiting times and cancelled operations within the NHS in England, Professor Michael Lavelle-Jones, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh stated:“The current winter crisis, with hospitals being asked to cancel all routine operations until the end of January, is symptomatic of the sustai…


RCSEd Obtains Tax Relief for Specialty Fellowship Examination (FRCS)

Following negotiations between the College's Trainees’ Committee and HMRC, the College has been successful in obtaining agreement for trainees to claim tax relief on the examination fee for the Specialty Fellowship Examinations (FRCS)

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is pleased to announce that, following negotiations between the College's Trainees’ Committee and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the College has been successful in obtaining agreement for trainees in the ten surgical specialties to claim tax relief on the examination fee for the Specialty Fellows…


RCSEd Joins Health Leaders to Warn Against Removal of Working Time Regulations

The British Medical Association, alongside 11 royal colleges and trade unions, has today written to the Prime Minister urging caution against removing EWTR from law following Brexit.

Following reports that there is support within government for the removal of the Working Time Regulations (WTR), the British Medical Association, alongside 11 royal colleges and trade unions, has today written to the Prime Minister urging caution against removing them from law following Brexit. In a letter to Theresa May, the BMA’s chair of counci…


Regulations of Medical Associate Professions in the UK

RCSEd concerned and disappointed at recommendations made in a recent government consultation document on the regulation of medical associate professions in the UK.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) would like to raise concerns surrounding the recommendations in a recent government consultation document on the Regulation of Medical Associate Professions in the UK.  The College is in agreement with the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine that surgical care …


House of Lords Select Committee report on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS

House of Lords Select Committee report on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS

Responding to the recent publication of the House of Lords Select Committee report on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS, Professor Michael Lavelle-Jones, President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, said: “This report is an important contribution to the discussion necessary to enable us to create a sustainable NHS. Whilst the Five…




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