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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.

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