Royal College of Surgeons

Great Ormond Street Hospital has launched an urgent review after concerns were raised over the practice of a former surgeon.

Family question hospital after teen's death amid surgeon probe

DUP health spokesperson Diane Dodds has questioned 'marked' disparities in the time surgeons spend in theatre across Northern Ireland's various health trusts. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

​Dodds queries surgery disparities across NI health trusts

Surgeons in an operating theatre. Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Scale of hospital waiting lists leading to more harm for patients, MLAs told

Dr Mary Bew, who was born in Cork and became a World War Two veteran. She died last week at the age of 101. Dr Bew was the mother of Prof Lord Paul Bew and grandmother of John Bew, the Downing St advisor

Irish WW2 veteran who became a GP in east Belfast during Troubles dies at 101

Mark Taylor, the NI Director of the Royal College of Surgeons, was speaking in the wake of the latest disruption to services in NI hospitals.

‘Loss of specialist surgeons from rural hospitals much better for patients’

Dr Damien Bennett, Prof Mary Taylor and Sinead Hawkins launch the pancreatic cancer audit

Pancreatic cancer: There were 283 confirmed cases in NI in 2020

The NHS is still recovering from the pandemic.

Hospitals recovering from pandemic, say NI surgeons

A generic stock photo of an operation taking place at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

NI hospital waiting lists still growing, new figures show

Royal College of Surgeons Northern Ireland director, Mark Taylor

Surgeons in ‘moral distress’ over sky-high waiting lists

Undated handout photo issued by Royal College of Surgeons of England of their Northern Ireland director, Mark Taylor.

Top surgeon tells MLAs: Health service faces ‘never before seen’ pressures

One in four people are now waiting for surgery or to see a consultant for the first time

Hospital waiting times deteriorate further

ICU monitor with several patients

One-in-four of NI's total population now on a hospital waiting list

Randal Black celebrates reaching 100 with a gift from Charlotte McClean, manager of the Old Inn, Crawfordsburn, where he is a regular customer. The inn presented him with a £100 hotel voucher and birthday cupcakes to celebrate his milestone.

Randal reveals his secret of reaching 100 years - don't eat vegetables!

Surgery. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)

No cash to tackle waiting lists like we tackled pandemic, says Swann

Surgeons operating on a patient

Crucial NI surgical services are not ‘stood down again’

Hospital staff on a Covid-19 ward

Coronavirus surge: 'What we feared in March is now here' warns top NI surgeon

Northern Ireland’s health service is now facing up to the “situation we all feared” in March over coronavirus, a leading surgeon has warned.

Niall Deeney

hospital bed

Top surgeon warns of time bomb as more operations are cancelled

A clap for carers at the height of the pandemic at the tower block at Belfast City Hospital, which hosts a Nightingale facility

Almost a third more coronavirus patients in NI hospitals in last 24 hours

The Royal College of Surgeons and 11 other professional bodies have welcomed plans for more protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers

Coronavirus: Royal Colleges want urgent action on protective equipment

During a press conference at Stormont, Health Minister Robin Swann sombrely set out the scale of the crisis

NI Covid-19 reasonable worst case: 15,000 dead and hospitals overwhelmed in surg...

Almost 290,000 patients are on the waiting list for an appointment with a consultant

Nearly 100,000 patients waiting more than year to see consultant

Public warned over freakish bank holiday injuries

Operations could be put on hold as rationing spreads within NHS

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Low-cut tops are key to getting a job, claims researcher