Royal College of Surgeons of England

Surgical waiting times in patients with high‐ and low‐risk renal cell carcinoma in England

Objectives To assess to what extent hospitals meet the uniform English National Health Service ‘timely’ treatment standard, what happens after a breach, and determinants of delay for patients with high‐risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Patient and Methods Population‐based study us...

Getting the Right Fit: The Early Implementation of Youth Initiated Mentoring in Ireland

Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) is an emerging approach that supports young people to identify mentors from within their existing social networks. While research has examined YIM outcomes, less is known about implementation in new organizational and policy contexts. This paper ex...

Implementing a peer-support programme for surgeons following adverse events

Introduction Despite the known impact of adverse events (AEs) for surgeons, and the potential for AE peer-support models, little is known about usefulness of AE peer-support initiatives in UK surgical settings. This study evaluated: (1) surgeons’ perceptions of current AE support...

National multi-specialty robotic surgery training curriculum and implementation for UK surgical residents: a delphi consensus

Abstract Robotic-assisted surgery is now established across multiple surgical specialties in the United Kingdom, yet training for surgical residents remains variable, resource-dependent, and insufficiently standardised at national level. This study sought multispecialty expert co...