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03 Mar 2023 ABS Position Statement on The Junior Doctors' Strike

17 Mar 2022 Update from the ABS President - 2022 Oncoplastic Fellowships A statement from ABS President, Chris Holcombe, with regards to 2022 Oncoplastic Fellowships.

03 Jun 2020 Implementation of New Surgical Curriculum postponed until 2021

27 Nov 2018 Breast implant safety Joint statement: The Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) The British Association of Aesthetic Pl...

18 Jun 2018 Hundreds of breast cancer patients denied or rushed into “life-changing” surgeries amid ri...

27 Jul 2017 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) statement on BIA-ALCL On Wednesday 26th July 2017 the MHRA released a statement on Breast Implant Associated-Anaplastic La...

24 Jul 2017 Leading Clinicians Join Getting it Right First Time (GiRFT) Programme Leading clinicians from across the NHS have joined the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme...

07 Jul 2017 ABS Response to the Conviction of Ian Paterson Ian Paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful woun...

13 Jan 2017 RCS urges surgeons to apply for cosmetic surgery certification to improve patient safety The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is launching a new new system of certification today which will ...

11 Jul 2016 RCS Bulletin on new Surgical Specialties ABS members may be interested to read the article on new surgical specialties in this month's RCS En...