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Perioperative Medicine Fellow08 Feb 2016The Royal College of Anaesthetists renews its call for a high-quality individual to help drive the development of its Perioperative Medicine programme as RCoA Perioperative Medicine Fellow. The Perioperative Medicine Fellow will be a trainee at ST5 or above in anaesthesia or a... |
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Carter review supports RCoA perioperative programme05 Feb 2016Today’s publication of Lord Carter’s 18-month study into how the NHS can become safer and more efficient includes a number of recommendations aimed at saving the NHS £5bn a year by 2020. The themes within the report chime with the RCoA’s perioperative medicine programme... |
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Use of placebo surgery in surgical research03 Feb 2016Professor Andrew Rice, Professor of Pain Research at Imperial College and an Honorary Consultant in Pain Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, represented the Faculty of Pain Medicine and the Royal College of Anaesthetists on a round-table discussion on the ethics of... |
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John Snow Intercalated BSc Awards 201617 Nov 2015The NIAA is delighted to announce details of the John Snow intercalated BSc awards available in 2016. Designed to encourage medical student interest in anaesthesia and its related disciplines, these awards go to the student and not the supervisor/institution and are meant to... |
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Launch of NAP6: Perioperative Anaphylaxis05 Nov 2015The RCoA is pleased to announce that the Sixth National Audit Project (NAP6) has launched as of 5 November 2015. NAP6 will run for one year and will examine Perioperative Anaphylaxis. Perioperative Anaphylaxis is rare, however it can be life-threatening and lead to serious... |
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Anaesthesia for Humanitarian and Austere Environments23 Oct 2015New e-Learning module for doctors involved in the delivery of humanitarian aid work in disaster areas and developing countries The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) e-Learning team and faculty of the 'Anaesthesia for Austere Environments/Humanitarian Aid' course have... |
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GMC publish new standards for medical education and training14 Aug 2015The RCoA welcomes the publication of new standards for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training in the UK. The standards, which come into effect on 1 January 2016, are designed to promote excellence in medical education, ensuring that training takes place in... |
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Working together to deliver better healthcare - Future Hospital...04 Aug 2015The RCoA and RCP are working together to share good practice and learning on integrated care. The RCoA’s Perioperative Medicine programme is aimed at the delivery of improved, joined up perioperative care for patients undergoing surgery. Through small changes to patient... |
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The First Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit...30 Jun 2015The RCoA's First Patient Report of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) outlining the results, conclusions and recommendations from the audit was published on 30 June 2015. The Audit, the first of its kind on emergency bowel surgery across England and Wales, analysed... |
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New Appointment: Director of the UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical...24 Jun 2015Professor Rupert Pearse has been successfully appointed as Director of the UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Group for the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA). The establishment of a clinical trials group sees the NIAA entering an exciting new phase of its... |