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RCSEd Statement on the National Audit Officer Report on the NHS

RCSEd Statement on the National Audit Officer Report on the NHS

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is shocked but sadly not surprised at the findings of the recent report by the National Audit Office into the NHS. The report lays out in stark detail the issues the NHS has faced caused by underfunding. College President Prof. Rowan Parks said: “I concur with the reports findings that, despite the adm…


RCSEd President Reacts to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to Double Medical School Places in England

RCSEd President Reacts to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to Double Medical School Places in England

Reacting to today’s announcement of an additional 350 medical school places in England for the academic year 2025/26, Professor Rowan Parks, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh stated: “We welcome today’s announcement as an important part of the commitment to double medical school places by 2031 as contained in the NHS Long T…


RCSEd Dental Faculty responds to the increase in complaints around NHS dentistry

RCSEd Dental Faculty responds to the increase in complaints around NHS dentistry

The Dental Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is concerned at today’s report that the NHS Ombudsman is seeing record numbers of complaints about dentistry.  Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry commented: This is worrying news, but sadly not surprising. NHS Dentistry is under huge pressure, and it is our patients …


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…


RCSEd Responds to NHS Recovery Plan Unveiled by First Minister

RCSEd Responds to NHS Recovery Plan Unveiled by First Minister

In response to the NHS Recovery Plan unveiled earlier today by the First Minister, Professor Michael Griffin OBE, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, said: While I am entirely supportive of the principles set out in the NHS Recovery Plan, I am doubtful about how much of a difference some of these measures will make in the sh…




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