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Changes proposed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists will see a greater emphasis placed on making its Council more representative of members, including increasing the number of Anaesthetists in Training and expanding this to cover all the main stages of training.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Faculty of Pain Medicine have received queries about how to manage patients presenting for planned surgery with respect to preoperative testing and self-isolation.