Your experience matters, and your voice drives change. In 2023, your feedback helped us push for real improvements in surgical training, theatre access and workforce wellbeing. Now we need to hear from you again. Has anything changed? What still needs work? Take just 10 minutes to shape the future of surgery and fill out the 2025 UK Surgical Workforce Census by 23 June. Link in bio. | The Royal College of Surgeons of England

A belated happy International Women’s Day from this mother daughter surgeon combo Eve Robertson-Waters @rweve RCS England Research Fellow and her mum Ruth Waters, Vice President of BAPRAS. It should be International Women’s WEEK rather than day anyway, right?! To hear from more inspiring women surgeons don’t forget to register free for our Women in Surgery (WinS) network and put the 14 September in your diary for our next conference. More about WinS from the link in our bio. #iwd2023 #careersins

It was an incredible privilege to welcome over 500 diplomates and their families to our College this week to celebrate their extraordinary achievements. We also took the opportunity to honour Dr Anthony Sandler, an outstanding paediatric surgeon and Professor Fu-Chan Wei, a groundbreaking plastic and reconstructive surgeon, for their contributions to healthcare. Our Faculty of Dental Surgery also awarded Professor Iain Hutchison with an honorary fellowship, and recognised FDS Board member Mr Hes

Hear from Professor of Vascular Surgery, Frank Smith, on this week’s Meet RCS Council. Frank is passionate about developing a better support structure for our colleagues in the regions and across the world - to ensure no one feels isolated from College activities. Watch the full video on our Instagram and don’t forget to follow! instagram.com/royalcollegeofsurgeons | The Royal College of Surgeons of England

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