Guidance and resources

The College is committed to setting the highest standards for anaesthesia services and patient care

We produce high quality guidance and resources to aid anaesthetists to meet these standards.

The College produces guidance as an aid to support good practice in anaesthesia and service provision. We use robust processes to develop our guidance, taking into account the latest research, to ensure that our recommendations are relevant  and credible.

We regularly review our guidance and all guidance on this website is current. For copies of previous versions or details of archived guidance, please email clinicalquality@rcoa.ac.uk.

Related Content

Consent and Ethics: Adults
Anaesthetists need to have a good understanding of the consent process and are frequently asked to provide help and advice to other members of the perioperative team. These pages also provide useful advice on a range of related topics commonly encountered in hospital practice.

Consent and ethics: Children and Young People
Good practice and resources for consent in children and young people

Adult safeguarding
An overview on all aspects of safeguarding for adults and why this is relevant for anaesthesia.