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Response to Government’s announcement to impose the junior doctors’ contract in England

SCTS supports the joint statement made by the Royal Colleges of Surgeons on 11 February 2016. SCTS agrees that a contract should not be imposed on the junior doctors. We are concerned that this dispute has done long-term damage to the junior... Read more

13 Feb 2016

Updated Published Guidance on Heater Coolers in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dear Colleague, The new joint guidance on heater coolers and infection has now been published and the previous guidance has been withdrawn. A Public Health England briefing note will also go to health protection teams and PHE and NHS... Read more

11 Nov 2015

Workforce Report 2015

The purpose of this document is to provide insight into workforce planning in the specialty for the future, particularly in respect to the four principal sub-specialties of adult cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital cardiac surgery and... Read more

11 Oct 2015

Thoracic data – 3 year summary

The SCTS has released a summary of the last three years of activity from the SCTS thoracic registry. The report covers the 2011-2014 audit years and can be downloaded here. Read more

3 Oct 2015

2015 Lung Cancer Surgery Consultant Outcomes Publication (LCCOP)

This week the 2015 Lung Cancer Surgery Consultant Outcomes Publication (LCCOP) data has been sent out to thoracic surgical units in England for validation. This is the second year of this mandatory audit for NHS hospitals providing lung cancer... Read more

5 Aug 2015

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