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Following the publication of NHS England’s Long Term Workforce Plan, we wrote to our training networks on 6 July to reinforce our support for anaesthetists in training and our position on the anaesthesia associate workforce.
Some progress is being made in improving perioperative care for patients undergoing major surgery, but more focus is needed on individualised risk assessment, effective postoperative pain management and support with DRinking, EAting and Mobilising.
NHS England has today released its first Long Term Workforce Plan. The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) recognises this as a very welcome and significant first step towards putting NHS staffing on a sustainable footing.
Joint statement from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Faculty of Pain Medicine on the BMA consultants’ ballot in favour of industrial action.
The College's role in relation to anaesthesia associates is, and always has bee, to ensure patient safety by facilitating their safe integration into the workforce.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has been re-accredited under the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) scheme.
Together with 18 other healthcare organisations, the RCoA urges Government to strip the General Medical Council of its power to appeal Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service decisions.
We have published a Wellbeing Lead job description and person specification to make it easier for anaesthetic departments to support the health and wellbeing of staff.
Dr Fiona Donald has been re-appointed as President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, with Dr Helgi Johannsson and Dr Claire Shannon as Vice-Presidents.