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SCTS University Films 2013

As part of an ongoing initiative within the SCTS, the SCTS University has launched a library of educational material. Sessions within this library cover the Educational Streams and the Lunch Box sessions from the SCTS University in 2012 and... Read more

18 Jun 2013

Checklist for Revalidation 2012

The College has also developed a two-page checklist as a tool that aims to facilitate surgeons’ revalidation by providing a succinct summary of all requirements for surgical revalidation. Read more

5 Aug 2012

Guidance for Revalidation 2012

In collaboration with the surgical specialty associations, the surgical Royal Colleges have published guidance on the supporting information that surgeons will need to provide for appraisal and revalidation. The guidance is mapped on the... Read more

5 Aug 2012

Shake-up for child heart op units

On 4 July 2012, Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, reported: ‘Child heart surgery should be stopped at three of the 10 hospitals that perform the procedures, NHS bosses say. The official review concluded the units at Leicester’s... Read more

4 Jul 2012

Adult Congenital Heart Services update 2012

The NHS has today launched the next phase of a review into adult congenital heart services (ACHD), initiating a period of engagement to gather the views of patients and their families, NHS staff, clinicians and other groups to help shape services... Read more

21 May 2012

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