John Launer: Pressing the pause button—how my operation was cancelled
Recently, I found myself booked in for an operation that was cancelled at the last…
Category: Surgery, UK
We must stamp out sexual harassment in surgery
A recent report titled Breaking the Silence,1 written by the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct…
Culture of surgery must change to support working parents, says royal college
Surgeons who are parents must be offered greater support and flexibility in their jobs as…
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NHS recovery plan for England is “beyond urgent” given length of waiting times, says Labour
Patients routinely have to wait longer than the promised 18 weeks for NHS treatment in…
Anaesthetist training: UK “must double numbers” to combat NHS waiting lists
Anaesthetic training places must be doubled to enable the NHS to deal with the huge…
Surgical services: Northern Ireland must speed up action to tackle UK’s worst waiting lists, says royal college
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has launched a 10 step plan to restore…
Nearly 700 anaesthetists have training interrupted after cuts
Nearly 700 anaesthetic trainees will be unable to continue their training this year despite 680…