The SAS committee was set up to look after the interests of all SAS anaesthetists. It has close links with the SAS Committee of the Association of Anaesthetists (AoA), and works with the College and Council to promote all matters relating to doctors working in SAS posts and other related roles.
The RCoA and the FICM encourage all their Fellows and Members, as well as other NHS staff and members of the public, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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were some conflicts with a simultaneously published update of established IPC guidance, this latter document has been withdrawn such that the IPC Manual remains the definitive, national guidance on IPC.