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      • National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA)
      • eFONAr: Emergency Front of Neck Airway Registry
      • Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme (PQIP)
      • Sprint National Anaesthesia Projects (SNAPs)
      • Children's Acute Surgical Abdomen Programme (CASAP)
      • Timeliness to Emergency Laparotomy
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      • Flash card team training
      • Patient safety strategy
      • Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group
      • Unrecognised oesophageal intubation
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