CPOC has announced the appointment of Consultant Physician, Dr Jugdeep Dhesi, and Consultant Surgeon, Mrs Scarlett McNally as its new Deputy Directors.
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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.
The findings set out in the ‘Respected, valued, retained’ report and survey data, show one in four anaesthetists plan to leave the NHS in the next five years.
Proposals for implementation of the resolutions carried at the EGM held on 17 October were discussed again at our Council and Board of Trustees meetings in December. We would like to update you on our progress and the decisions made so far.
College update on prioritisation of FRCA examination candidates.
The BMA’s ballot of junior doctors in England shows an overwhelming majority in favour of industrial action, beginning with a 72-hour walkout in March. We are not surprised at the strength of feeling expressed by junior doctors through the ballot. We understand only too well the frustration of our members regarding workforce shortages and other factors causing a steady erosion of morale and wellbeing.
The College supports the new government measures to combat spread of COVID-19 and urges the public to stay at home to protect the NHS.
NHSEI has published a national infection prevention and control manual for England. Although there were some conflicts with a simultaneously published update of established IPC guidance, this latter document has been withdrawn such that the IPC Manual remains the definitive, national guidance on IPC.
We would like to update you on the most recent decisions and outputs from our ongoing work to implement the EGM resolutions, following our last update in May 2024 and Council and Board of Trustee meetings in July.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is delighted to announce that Dr Fiona Donald has been re-appointed after an unopposed call for nominations as the College’s President for a second year. The RCoA is further pleased to announce that Dr Russell Perkins has been re-elected for a second year as one of the College’s two Vice-Presidents, and will be joined by Dr Helgi Johannsson, who was newly elected after an open call for nominations from Elected Council Members.