Guidance and resources

The College is committed to setting the highest standards for anaesthesia services and patient care

We produce high quality guidance and resources to aid anaesthetists to meet these standards.

The College produces guidance as an aid to support good practice in anaesthesia and service provision. We use robust processes to develop our guidance, taking into account the latest research, to ensure that our recommendations are relevant  and credible.

We regularly review our guidance and all guidance on this website is current. For copies of previous versions or details of archived guidance, please email clinicalquality@rcoa.ac.uk.