Royal College of Surgeons of England

**About RCS England** The Royal College of Surgeons of England provides world-class education, assessment and development to 30,000 surgeons, dental professionals and members of the wider surgical and dental care teams, at all stages of their career. Our vision is to see excellent surgical care for everyone. We do this by setting professional standards, facilitating research and championing the best outcomes for patients. This strategy aims to refresh the place of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in the post-COVID world, in the context of the NHS, the independent sector and global health, but most importantly in the interests of surgeons, surgical teams and their patients. It sets out what we will do to support our members, the wider surgical and dental workforce, patients, the NHS and policy makers to recover from the impact of the pandemic on services, training, standards of care, safety and waiting times, across all the regions of England, the devolved nations of the UK and beyond. It also sets out how we will explore the opportunities of the digital age, and address the challenges of professional specialisation, changing workforce expectations, and a growing demand for surgical interventions, at a time of constrained healthcare resource. We have a particular focus on promoting diversity, inclusion and fairness in our College and right across the surgical and dental professions. We believe that embracing difference is not just the right thing to do, it can inspire all of us to grow, and it will ensure that our profession and our College remain at the forefront of patient care for generations to come. **Our vision** We want to see excellent surgical care for everyone **Our mission** We will achieve our vision by enabling our members, in all their diversity, to deliver excellence in everything they do**Our mission** **Our values** We will deliver our values through our behaviours and attitudes which impact directly on the care delivered to patients and how we work together