Endorsed resources

The RCoA offers collaboration on guidance through its Consultation and Endorsement Group, which is made up of members of RCoA Council and PatientsVoices@RCoA. Read more about the service and get in touch

The RCoA and devolved nations Boards provide endorsement of material for a duration of five years or until the review date published in the material, whichever is the longer period. We reserve the right to withdraw our representative or decline to endorse a publication. 

This table is under review. 

Publishing Organisation Resource Date of endorsement
Action on Smoking & Health Smoke Free NHS Network 2023
Association of Anaesthetists Anaesthesia and peri-operative care for
Jehovah’s Witnesses and patients who refuse blood
2018
Association of Anaesthetists Anaesthesia Team Guideline 2018
Association of Anaesthetists Cell salvage for peri‐operative blood conservation 2018 2018
Association of Anaesthetists Checklist for draw-over anaesthetic equipment 2019
Association of Anaesthetists Elective perioperative management of adults taking glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists, glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors: a multidisciplinary consensus statement 2024
Association of Anaesthetists Handling Injectable Medications in Anaesthesia: Safety Recommendations 2023
Association of Anaesthetists, Asociation of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, RCoA, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland Joint professional guidance on the use of general anaesthesia in young children 2019
Association of Anaesthetists Management of glucocorticoids during the peri-operative period for patients with adrenal insufficiency 2020
Association of Anaesthetists Management of vagal nerve stimulator therapy 2022
Association of Anaesthetists The ‘NAP5 Handbook’: Concise practice guidance on the prevention and management of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia 2019
Association of Anaesthetists Peri-operative care for people with dementia 2019
Association of Anaesthetists Quick Reference Handbook 2018 by SALG
Association of Anaesthetists Safe provision of anaesthetic services in
magnetic resonance units' guidelines
2018
Association of Anaesthetists Safe transfer of the brain-injured patient: trauma and stroke 2018
British Association of Perinatal Medicine Neonatal Airway safety Standard 2024
British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Set-up of penicillin allergy de-labelling services by non-allergists working in a hospital setting 2022
British Society of Gastroenterology Deep sedation and anaesthesia in complex
gastrointestinal endoscopy - joint position statement
2018
British Society of Gastroenterology Guidelines on sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy 2023
British Thoracic Society/Intensive Care Society Guideline for the Ventilatory Management of Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in Adults 2017
#CallMe  #CallMe initiative 2023
European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)   Helsinki Declaration on patient safety in anaesthesiology  2025 by the RCoA and SALG
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Enhanced Care: Guidance on Service Development in the Hospital Setting 2020
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine/Intensive Care Society Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services 2019
Faculty of Pain Medicine Best practice in the management of epidural analgesia in the hospital setting 2020
Getting It Right First Time  (GIRFT) Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: principles for primary arthroplasty 2025
Getting It Right First Time  (GIRFT) Day Case Hysterectomy Guide 2023
Getting It Right First Time  (GIRFT) Day Case Tonsillectomy Pathway (Paediatrics) 2023
Getting It Right First Time  (GIRFT) Expanding Day Case Surgery in Ear Nose and Throat Services 2023
Getting It Right First Time  (GIRFT) National Day Surgery Delivery Pack 2024
Lancet Countdown Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy brief for the UK 2020
NHS England Guidance: Desflurane decommissioning and clinical use 2024
NHS England  National Patient Safety Alert: Risk of oxytocin overdose during labour and childbirth 2024
NHS England Reference guide on early screening and optimisation 2023
Professional Records Standards Body Core information standard 2019
Professional Records Standards Body Digital Medication Information Assurance  2019
Public Health England Seasonal influenza - Guidance for critical care units  2019
Project for Universal Management of Airways and international Airway Societies (PUMA) Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: consensus guideline 2024
Public Health Scotland Scottish standards of care for hip fracture patients  2024
Royal College of Nursing (et al) Adult and Older People Safeguarding Competencies Framework consultation 2018
Royal College of Nursing (et al) Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff 2019
Royal College of Ophthalmologists/BOAS Patient safety alert – gas in the vitrectomised eye 2018
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Facing the Future: Standards for Children in Emergency Care Settings 2018
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health  National guidance for the restoration and recovery of elective surgery in children 2022
Royal College of Radiologists  Improving Paediatric Interventional Radiology services in the UK 2022
Royal College of Surgeons Higher Risk General Surgery 2018
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines  2018
Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN) Scottish Standards for Electroconvulsive Therapy 2023
The SAS Collective #SASSixPrinciples 2024
UK Health Alliance on Climate Change Building a climate-resilient health system in the UK 2025