We will shortly conduct a consultation on the draft Anaesthesia Associate (AA) Scope of Practice 2024. As the organisation responsible for safeguarding standards in anaesthesia, it is our role to agree a workable and safe scope of practice for AAs, both at the point of qualification and beyond, including required levels of supervision.
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The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI) has published a new guideline for the evaluation and testing of patients with an unsubstantiated label of penicillin allergy.
Over the last few months, the RCoA has worked in collaboration with others to push for MPs and Lords to adopt an amendment to the Health and Care Bill to mandate proper workforce planning in the NHS. If accepted the amendment would force the Government to produce long-term healthcare workforce supply and demand projections every two years – which would shine a light on deficiencies
The Government’s new funding to tackle NHS waiting lists is welcome but, unless some of the money is used to build the anaesthetic workforce, it will be near impossible to clear the backlog.
Entries are now open for the College sponsored Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Team of the Year Award.
The GMC has published a new independent report into the wellbeing of doctors and medical students.
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals have been accredited under the RCoA Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) scheme.
The College is currently looking for anaesthetists to take part in the full review of selected chapters from the Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthetic Services (GPAS) for publication in 2024.
Nominations for election to the Council of the Royal College of Anaesthetists are now open. The College is keen to encourage as diverse a group of people as possible to nominate themselves.
The College Scottish manifesto calls on the next government to address recruitment, retention and wellbeing of healthcare staff, reduce the elective surgery backlog, address the obesity crisis and invest in digital working.