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The Royal College of Anaesthetists welcomes the plan but urges further specifics on workforce.

The Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists and the British Medical Association would like to thank all the anaesthetists who participated in our recent CT3 Equivalent Post Survey.

Many thanks to our Members and Fellows who attended the College’s Extraordinary General Meeting on 10 February 2022.

The Royal College of Anaesthetists has commissioned an independent external review of the FRCA, FFICM and FFPMRCA examinations, and is inviting Members and stakeholders to give their opinions as part of the process.

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) triggered an ‘amber alert’ on 12 October, meaning hospitals have been asked to put in place management plans to protect blood stocks.

Professor Mike Grocott has been re-appointed as a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. Professor Grocott was one of 25 renewals and will be joined by 30 new appointments. He is the only anaesthetists who is on the list this year and one of only four who have ever been appointed.

Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (Wythenshawe) have been accredited under the prestigious RCoA Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) demonstrating their commitment to patient safety and excellence of care.

The Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Intensive Care Society and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine have been informed by NHS England of an impending disruption to the supply of all ampoule sizes of remifentanil.

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has announced three days of rail strikes on 21, 23 and 25 June 2022, also warning the strike will affect the national network across the whole week.

RCoA welcomes the announcement by the BMA SAS Committee that there will be no cut-off date for anaesthetists on existing SAS contracts to request migration onto the new 2021 contract.