Latest news
Thank you to our members who attended the College’s Annual General Meeting on 26 November 2025 and those who voted in advance. There were two resolutions presented for a member vote and both were carried.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) is currently looking for authors to take part in a full review of selected chapters from the Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthetic Services (GPAS) for publication in 2027.
The ballot is now open for six Consultant positions and one Anaesthetist in Training position on RCoA Council. Voting closes on 10 December 2025 at noon.
Prof John Moore and Prof Malcolm West have been appointed clinical co-leads for the first National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care (NCAPC).
The Royal College of Anaesthetists has made a submission the government’s call for evidence to inform development of the 10 Year Workforce Plan.
Eligible members will receive their ballot emails on 19 November 2025 from our election provider, Civica Election Services. Voting closes at midday on 10 December.
We are pleased to publish Professor Tony Wildsmith’s The UK Diploma in Anaesthetics: A world first in the path to an independent specialty, to mark the DA’s 90th birthday.
Patients are facing regular delays to their planned operations because hospitals do not have enough anaesthetists, according to a new report published today by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA).
Emergency bowel surgery mortality rates are at their lowest in a decade, according to the latest data from the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA).