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19 Jan 2023
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has welcomed a continued fall in total waiting times in Wales, the second monthly fall. New figures show NHS waiting lists in Wales decreased to 748,271 in November, a decline of 5,020.
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12 Jan 2023
NHS figures published today show the total number of people waiting for consultant-led NHS hospital treatment has fallen for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 7.19 million on the list in November 2022
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11 Jan 2023
The Hunterian Museum, named after the 18th century surgeon and anatomist, John Hunter (1728-1793), will reopen in March 2023 following a five-year redevelopment of the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s headquarters at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in central London.
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21 Dec 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England have welcomed a fall in total waiting times in Wales - the first such fall since before the pandemic. New figures show NHS waiting lists in Wales deceased to 753,291 in October, a decline of 1,386.
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08 Dec 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has warned that a ‘very difficult’ winter lies ahead in the NHS, as new figures show a record 7.21 million people are waiting for planned care.
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24 Nov 2022
Leading Charity Versus Arthritis and the Royal College of Surgeons of England have called on political leaders to restore the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly as the latest waiting time figures released today again reveal the scale of the health crisis.
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10 Nov 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has compared the challenges that currently face the NHS to England’s football manager approaching the World Cup without a full squad.
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20 Oct 2022
A lead surgeon has issued a stark warning to the Welsh Government as new figures show NHS waiting lists in Wales increased again to a record high of 750,283 in August.
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13 Oct 2022
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has warned the NHS is ‘under pressure from all sides’, as the waiting list for hospital treatment reaches 7 million for the first time ever.
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12 Oct 2022
Responding to news that NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has had to trigger an “amber alert” to protect blood stocks, Professor Neil Mortensen, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said that while an “amber alert” on blood stocks may initially be alarming to patients, they should be reassured that NHS Blood and Transplant and hospitals will be doing everything possible to ensure life-saving surgeries, including cancer surgeries, can go ahead.
