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Press Statements from April 2018


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Position Statement on the Legal Aspects of Medical Manslaughter

RCSEd has collaborated with ASGBI, Presidents of other UK based Surgical Royal Colleges and FSSA to produce a position statement that has been submitted to Professor Sir Norman Williams’ Review into issues relating to gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations view with great concern the recent and highly publicised instances of the criminal prosecution…




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