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The Royal College of Anaesthetists is pleased to announce that today the new curriculum for a CCT in Anaesthetics has been implemented.

The following is an update on joint clinical guidance from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists, the Intensive Care Society, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

We welcome the King's Fund report on strategies to reduce waiting times for elective care, which presents findings of research to understand strategies that have been used to reduce waiting times in England and elsewhere in the past 20 years.

The College is pleased to confirm the voting results for the recent Council elections.

Anaesthetists and Intensivists recognised in 2023 New Year Honours.

We are committed to improving the calibre of our examinations, ensuring that they are delivered in line with best practice in assessment for each medical specialty. As part of that commitment, we undertake regular internal reviews of the FRCA examination, the most recent of which we have published today.  

NHS Blood and Transport (NHSBT) has advised that its red cell and group A platelet stock levels are low and in a pre-amber alert status for both. It has asked all hospitals to conserve stock from 16 to 30 January 2023 to help prevent going into an amber or red alert.

This week the College launched its first blog for which we are keen to take contributions from fellows, members and partners on issues and topics of relevance to the specialty and wider NHS.

The Faculty have released a statement to health professionals on the management of opioid medications.

Following the 2017 August job changeover, the RCoA and the Association of Anaesthetists, were made aware of multiple issues surrounding pay for anaesthetists in training.  In response, the College and the Association surveyed its trainee members