The summer meeting of the Surgical Forum of Great Britain and Ireland took place at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) over two days on Monday, 16 and Tuesday, 17 July 2012.

RCSI was delighted to host the two-day meeting of the Forum which brings together the Surgical Royal Colleges of Great Britain and Ireland, the Surgical Specialty Associations and lay membership. It provides a forum where deliberations amongst its member organisations can produce coherent and consistent opinions and policies on surgical training, examination and practice.

The Forum meets four times per year rotating around the four Surgical Royal Colleges as follows:

• January - Royal College of Surgeons of England
• April - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• July - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• October - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow