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![ABS Position Statement on The Junior Doctors' Strike](/media/543245/abs-logo-small.jpg?width=155)
03 Mar 2023
ABS Position Statement on The Junior Doctors' Strike
![Update from the ABS President - 2022 Oncoplastic Fellowships](/media/409593/abs-logo-small.jpg?width=155)
17 Mar 2022
Update from the ABS President - 2022 Oncoplastic Fellowships
A statement from ABS President, Chris Holcombe, with regards to 2022 Oncoplastic Fellowships.
![Implementation of New Surgical Curriculum postponed until 2021](/media/296483/shutterstock_224889649.jpg?width=155)
03 Jun 2020
Implementation of New Surgical Curriculum postponed until 2021
![Breast implant safety](/media/64849/general-surgery-18.jpg?width=155)
27 Nov 2018
Breast implant safety
Joint statement:
The Association of Breast Surgery (ABS)
The British Association of Aesthetic Pl...
![Hundreds of breast cancer patients denied or rushed into “life-changing” surgeries amid rise of policies to restrict breast reconstruction, new report finds](/media/64444/general-surgery-18.jpg?width=155)
18 Jun 2018
Hundreds of breast cancer patients denied or rushed into “life-changing” surgeries amid ri...
![Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) statement on BIA-ALCL](/media/63845/implant-thumbnail.png?width=155)
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...
![Leading Clinicians Join Getting it Right First Time (GiRFT) Programme](/media/63804/news-item-thumbnail.jpg?width=155)
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...
![ABS Response to the Conviction of Ian Paterson](/media/63843/abs-thumbnail.jpg?width=155)
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...
![RCS urges surgeons to apply for cosmetic surgery certification to improve patient safety](/media/1170/istock-475372470.jpg?width=155)
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 ...
![RCS Bulletin on new Surgical Specialties](/media/1373/news-item-thumbnail.jpg?width=155)
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...