In this, the first members’ e-newsletter of 2016, I congratulate the outstanding members of our specialty and the wider medical community who have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. This New Year also heralds strengthened partnerships, and I am pleased to announce the memorandum of understanding, signed by the RCoA and Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain...
New Year's Honours On behalf of College Council and staff at the RCoA, I would like to offer our sincere congratulations to all fellows, members and senior health professionals recognised in the Queen’s New Year's Honours...
National ACCEA award results The results of the 2015 national ACCEA process for England and Wales were recently announced. Congratulations to all colleagues who have been recognised ‘over and above’ commitment...
A silver 2017 Although we are still in the first month of this New Year, I am already looking forward to 2017, when our College will celebrate 25 years since gaining its Royal Charter. A milestone for any...
Reciprocal recognition Readers will appreciate the importance of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to life-long learning. Vital to doctors across all specialties, CPD continues outside formal training and enables...
QI: tracheostomy care I am delighted to announce that the RCoA and University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust have been awarded a £400,000 grant by the Health Foundation...
AAGBI Winter Scientific Meeting Congratulations to the AAGBI on another highly successful WSM which was recently held at the QEII Centre, Westminster. One of the highlights of the meeting was the award to Dr J-P van Besouw...
Perioperative medicine It has been some time since we updated you on our perioperative medicine programme and we have some exciting developments and upcoming events to share with you. Perioperative practice is...
National Audit Projects In November’s e-newsletter, I gave a short update on our 6th National Audit Project. Examining perioperative anaphylaxis, NAP6 will enable the anaesthetic and allergy communities to...
Opioids Aware Like me, you may have seen the recent BBC Panorama episode, Hooked on Painkillers. The documentary revealed that four million people are taking opioids across the United Kingdom...
