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Latest news
The Faculty has significant concerns with this set of draft guidelines in their current form, and we have published our response outlining these concerns.
The FPM/RCoA Opioid Prescribing Project Working Party are pleased to release, ‘Surgery & Opioids: Best Practice Guidelines 2020' for open consultation. This document has been developed by a multidisciplinary working party and we would now like to seek wider views on the final draft.
The Faculty, alongside the RCoA, AoA, RPS, RCN, SBNS and APAGBI, have published updated guidance on Best Practice in the Management of Epidural Analgesia in the Hospital Setting.
The Faculty is pleased there has been a NICE review of Perioperative care in adults. It is important to note that the newly published guideline NG180 does not cover the entire perioperative pathway.
We are looking for a Deputy Lead to join the e-PAIN team in October 2020 for an initial period of 6 months, with a view to becoming Clinical Lead in April 2021, subject to satisfactory performance.
The Faculty has released an updated statement regarding the role of steroids in pain intervention techniques during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The General Medical Council’s (GMC) 2020 national training survey is now live. Doctors in training and trainers have until Wednesday 12 August to take part.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists, which administers and delivers the FFPMRCA examinations, has released a statement regarding examination fees for the 2020/2021 academic year.