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24 Jun 2016
Professor Nigel Hunt will say that, for many people, the workplace is now the main place they will eat sugar and suggests a culture change is needed to help workers resist sweet treats in the office.
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24 Jun 2016
“Managers want to reward staff for their efforts, colleagues want to celebrate special occasions, and workers want to bring back a gift from their holidays. But for many people the workplace is now the primary site of their sugar intake and is contributing to the current obesity epidemic and poor oral health.”
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26 May 2016
A new RCS report, ‘A question of balance: The extended surgical team’, examines new surgical workforce models being used at eight NHS hospitals to establish the role the extended surgical team is currently playing and how it can help improve the care patients receive in the future.
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21 May 2016
"This data shows nearly 40% of children are still not visiting a dentist every 12 months, as recommended by NICE guidance."
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20 May 2016
The Royal College of Surgeons of England congratulates both sides for having put aside their differences to come back round the table and hammer out an agreement.
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13 May 2016
New statistics for 2015/16 published by NHS England today show that the number and percentage of patients waiting more than 28 days to have their cancelled operations rescheduled has hit the highest level in a decade.
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13 May 2016
"It is disappointing that we now find ourselves in a situation where a contract will be imposed on the junior doctor workforce in spite of all the goodwill shown by the negotiating parties."
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12 May 2016
NHS England performance data published today for March 2016 shows that the Government’s waiting time target for planned treatment achieved its worst performance since the target was introduced in April 2012.
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10 May 2016
Public Health England has today published a survey which shows a slight improvement in the number of 5 year old children that showed no tooth decay in 2015
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29 Apr 2016
The Royal College of Surgeons, together with three other medical colleges, has written an open letter to political party leaders in Wales, asking them to explain how they will tackle hospital waiting times ahead of next week's National Assembly elections.
