Professor Michael Walsh, NCPS ENT, Head and Neck Surgery Specialty Advisor, in collaboration with the NCPS team, has developed the ENT Head and Neck specialty Model of Care. This diverse specialty includes care of patients with a wide range of conditions, ranging from simple conditions treated medically to extraordinarily complex oncologic and other resections.

Speaking at the opening of a HSE Value Improvement Programme conference hosted at RCSI in September 2018, RCSI President Mr Kenneth Mealy said that projected demographic changes make it imperative that we build capacity to allow better use of the valuable assets within our hospitals. He advised “the evidence suggests that if we could improve theatre efficiency by 10% in half of the operating theatres in the country, we could prevent our surgical waiting lists from continuing to increase.”

The Department of Surgical Affairs, National Clinical Programme in Surgery in collaboration with the RVEEH, Sligo University Hospital, and University Hospital Waterford was one of the recipients for the premier awards in the Irish Health Care Sector on 17th October 2018 at the Irish Health Care Awards.  The awards recognise the highest achievers in Irish Medicine that have made a positive contribution to Patient Care in Ireland in 2018.

Vascular surgery was recognised as a medical specialty by the Irish Medical Council in 2014 and earlier this year, the NCPS appointed a Clinical Advisor in Vascular Surgery, Mr Martin Feeley.

The National Clinical Programme for Surgery Charter Day 2019 will be held in RCSI on Thursday 7th February 2019. The Charter Programme will feature representation from all surgical specialties and members of multi-disciplinary teams across Ireland.