Royal College of Nursing Representing nurses and nursing, promoting excellence in practice, shaping health policies

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Our work

How we represent forum members

  • Contributing to the development of evidence-based guidelines and position statements.
  • Raising the forum’s profile through internal and external collaborative working, and increasing the recognition of nursing expertise in future planning.
  • Consulting with forum members and other organisations with mutual interests such as the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC), The Association for Perioperative Practice, the Perioperative Care Collaborative (PCC) and the independent sector.
  • Contributing to the growing perioperative care evidence base through research, education and across a variety of mediums.

Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) guidelines:

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