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New guidance from the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) will help improve the perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults.
The College is delighted to announce details of awards from the May 2023 meeting of the RCoA Nominations Committee.
University Hospital Dorset NHS Trust has been accredited under the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) scheme.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust has been accredited under the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) scheme.
In recent weeks we have listened carefully to views expressed by members about anaesthesia associates – including feedback on our position statement, our response to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, and discussion at our Let’s Talk event in June.
GasReach is an exciting new collaborative project which aims to increase diversity within anaesthesia.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been re-accredited under the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) scheme.
Following the publication of NHS England’s Long Term Workforce Plan, we wrote to our training networks on 6 July to reinforce our support for anaesthetists in training and our position on the anaesthesia associate workforce.
Some progress is being made in improving perioperative care for patients undergoing major surgery, but more focus is needed on individualised risk assessment, effective postoperative pain management and support with DRinking, EAting and Mobilising.