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NZ surgeons back new road safety strategy
Friday, 5 March 2010, 9:37 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The New Zealand National Board of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has congratulated the government on its new Safer Journeys – Road Safety Strategy. More >>
Surgeons Support Trial of Physician Assistants
Friday, 5 March 2010, 9:35 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The New Zealand National Board of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has endorsed a government initiative to undertake a pilot using physician assistants in the Department of Surgery at Middlemore Hospital. More >>
New Appointment – Australasian College of Surgeons
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 9:20 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Orthopaedic Surgeon Allan Panting has been appointed Executive Director of Surgical Affairs for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) in New Zealand – he replaces John Simpson, who has recently retired after 10 years of sterling service. More >>
Dunedin Surgeon to Chair College of Surgeons
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 9:43 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dunedin orthopaedic surgeon, Professor Jean-Claude Theis, has been elected as the new Chair of the New Zealand National Board of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. More >>
NZ Surgical Services Inadequate In An Emergency
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 9:33 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The New Zealand branch of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) supports the view of Australian trauma experts that New Zealand hospitals are not adequately resourced to cope with a large-scale natural disaster, major accident or terrorist ... More >>
Surgeons believes patient harm is inevitable
Monday, 4 December 2006, 9:58 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
A series of strikes by key health workers this year has put patients at risk and that risk is showing no sign of abating, says Chair of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), Cathy Ferguson More >>
Surgeons are human too: College of Surgeons head
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 10:36 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, (RACS), agrees with psychologist Dr Lois Surgenor that medicine could be "extremely demanding both emotionally and physically and have set up their own support network to address the problem. More >>
First Woman Chair for College of Surgeons
Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 10:34 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
First Woman Chair for College of Surgeons Wellington Otolaryngologist Catherine (Cathy) Ferguson has been elected as the new Chair of the New Zealand National Board of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She is the first woman surgeon to hold the ... More >>
Budget neglects waiting lists
Friday, 19 May 2006, 9:43 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The Chairman of the New Zealand National Board of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Murray Pfeifer says the 2006 budget will do nothing to solve the plight of people waiting for elective surgery or first surgical assessments with specialists. More >>
'Better' is not good enough say surgeons
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 5:01 pm | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Health Minister Pete Hodgson’s defense of the government’s system of prioritising elective surgery is a mixture of maximising the good, and minimising the bad. “It fails to honestly address the complex issues at hand,” says Chairman of the National ... More >>
Surgeons Criticise Ministerial Attack
Saturday, 15 April 2006, 11:50 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The National Board Chairman Murray Pfeiffer of the Royal Australasian College Surgeons New Zealand says the Hawkes Bay district Health Board’s decision to refer 1800 patients waiting for first specialist assessment back to their GPs has more to do with the ... More >>
ENT Conference in Napier
Monday, 7 November 2005, 9:56 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Over 60 of New Zealand’s leading Otolaryngologists (ear nose and throat) and Head and Neck surgeons will attend the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (NZSOHNS) in Napier this weekend. More >>
Skin cancer paper wins coveted Louis Barnett Prize
Friday, 16 September 2005, 12:32 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Wellington doctor Sydney Ch’ng won the prestigious Louis Barnett Prize yesterday following presentation of her paper Mast Cells and Cutaneous Malignancies at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ Scientific Meeting in Hamilton. More >>
Ultrasounds Offer Pacific Is'ers Swift Diagnosis
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 10:16 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Portable ultrasound machines are invaluable diagnostic tools for surgeons working in the Pacific Islands and other areas where medical resources are poor. More >>
Surgeons’ Dress Sense Affects Communication
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 4:53 pm | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Does a snappy suit make patients feel better about the person due to operate on them or are they happy with a scalpel wielder wearing shorts so long as they know what they’re doing? More >>
Do (small) spectacles endanger surgeons?
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 4:45 pm | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The increasingly slim design of modern spectacles may look great on the hip medicos of television dramas like ER or Grays Anatomy but research shows real surgeons who wear them could be endangering their health and their careers. More >>
Good Medicine Saves Baby with Severe Malformation
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 4:36 pm | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Teamwork at Auckland’s Starship Hospital and advances in paediatric anaesthesia, and neonatal intensive care were crucial to the success of an operation, regarded as the ultimate challenge in reconstructive paediatric surgery. In a paper entitled, ... More >>
Showcasing Surgery
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:36 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Over 150 of New Zealand’s leading health researchers and specialist surgeons will gather in Hamilton next week for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting. More >>
Brisbane Surgeon to Head RACS
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 10:57 am | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Brisbane Colorectal surgeon Mr Russell Stitz has been elected President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). More >>
Workforce Shortages Threaten Surgery
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 1:19 pm | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The greatest long-term threat to surgery in New Zealand is the lack of surgeons and this will only get worse unless the Government funds more surgical training. More >>
