The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Since 2019, Clout PR & Content has been working with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to identify story opportunities and secure news coverage in Australia and New Zealand. 

Working closely with Cardiothoracic, General, Orthopaedic, Paediatric, Plastic and Reconstructive and Vascular Surgeons, Clout PR & Content transforms complex medical abstracts into engaging content that pique the interest of influential journalists and major news organisations.

Underpinning all proactive media activity is key information about the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, including its commitment to service, integrity, respect, compassion and collaboration.

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nzherald.co.nz

A holistic clinical study has revealed Māori and rural people face a significantly greater risk of developing more severe paediatric appendicitis, which can be life-threatening.

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NTnews.com.au

Study at Alice Springs Hospital uncovers ‘concerning’ disparity between hip fracture patients

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couriermail.com.au

Electric scooter and vape flash burn victims make up 95 per cent of admissions to Queensland’s top burns unit that treats the most serious of injuries

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bodyandsoul.com.au

According to an important Australian study, the pandemic still impacts every facet of our healthcare system. Here’s what the latest data says about advanced breast cancer.

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PERTHNOW.COM.AU

A podcast to help budding doctors with their studies has been streamed more than 250,000 times.

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9news.com.au

TikTok has been known to do more harm than good, but research shows "skinfluencers" may be having a positive impact on skin cancer rates in Australia. Majority of those most influential are medical professionals but their advice shouldn't be mistaken for a regular visit to the doctor.

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Thechronicle.com.au

Toowoomba Hospital orthopaedic specialist urges residents to lose weight to reduce joint replacements surgeries.

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themercury.com.au

Hobart-based doctors use artificial intelligence to diagnose gallstones in the common bile duct

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Couriermail.com.au

Medical professionals have reacted in horror to a petition from a North Queensland man seeking vastly increased road speed limits.

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thepress.co.nz

A widening gender health gap with women’s health remaining under-studied, under-recognised and under-treated, has led health experts to call for more inclusive research.

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stuff.co.nz

A leading surgeon is raising the alarm over an “appalling” lack of trauma services in Wellington, which he says risks prolonged stays in hospital and longer recovery times for patients.

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abc.net.au

Tracy Howlett began to lose her "voice" when she developed arthritis in her wrists. The Gold Coast resident, who is deaf, predominantly uses sign language to communicate.

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nzherald.co.nz

After Graeme Wall received an invitation in the mail to test for bowel cancer, he left the testing kit on the dinner table for six weeks. The dairy farmer, from Ōtorohanga, felt no urgency. Aged 62, he had no family history of cancer, no risk factors, and no symptoms. He was fit and healthy and got up each morning around 6am to work in the milking sheds on his 115-hectare farm.

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SMH.COM.AU

Amir Kabaha wants to be the next Cristiano Ronaldo. But for most of the past 12 months he has been stuck on dialysis.

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ADELAIDENOW.COM.AU

An artificial-intelligence breakthrough developed in Adelaide is set to break hospital bed gridlocks – and put the city’s name in hospitals around the world.

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STUFF.CO.NZ

Surgeons are calling for lap seatbelts to be phased out, given the “catastrophic” injuries they can cause children in crashes.

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NZHERALD.CO.NZ

Healthcare providers in New Zealand are over-prescribing highly addictive pain medications to patients post-surgery, a study has found.

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THEAUSTRALIAN.COM.AU

Trauma surgeon Charles Pilgrim has operated on soldiers, civilians and Taliban fighters in his time in war-torn Afghanistan and Iraq.

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smh.com.au

NSW medical graduate set to become first Indigenous female surgeon.

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HERALDSUN.COM.AU

Women are calling for more maternity-friendly workplaces after research revealed female doctors were more likely to miscarry and a shocking one-in-two suffer pregnancy complications.

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THEAUSTRALIAN.COM.AU

Trainee surgeons say asking for parental leave to raise a family is frowned upon and they are being left behind in a broader workplace shift towards an improved work-life balance.

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SMH.COM.AU

After being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, Jo Muirhead felt like a lot of her choices about her body had been taken from her. Amid rounds of treatment and surgery, the decision to have breast reconstruction after her double mastectomy was one thing she felt she could control.

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brisbanetimes.com.au

A global study including data from Australian hospitals has found one-in-seven cancer patients missed operations due to pandemic lockdowns.

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nzherald.co.nz

Ever wonder how surgeons stay in the zone during gruelling operations? For many it's music. Some are guided by symphonies of Mozart, while others, "stereotypically, orthopedic surgeons with their chisels and hammers", opt for heavy metal, Wellington breast and general surgeon Alex Brown has revealed.

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stuff.co.nz

Rural and Māori children are more likely to suffer from severe appendicitis than urban and non-Māori kids, research has found. The study, the first of its kind in New Zealand, found parents delay rushing their children to hospital due to the need to arrange childcare for siblings, as well as transport issues.

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