Anaesthetic updates
Keep up to date with the latest developments in anaesthetic practice by attending this 3-day hybrid conference.
This event will provide you with a valuable opportunity to connect with speciality experts, discuss your experiences with peers, and gain new ideas that will improve your own practice, as well as maintain your competence and earn CPD points to aid revalidation.
Discover new developments on the horizon from today’s thought leaders and learn how best to combat the growing issues you will face in your anaesthetic practice.
Topics include:
- Ethics and Law
- Perioperative medicine and surgical outcomes
- Workforce Well-being and Professional Challenges
- Long-term patient recovery and complications
Feedback from our recent Anaesthetic Updates events:
'A really good range of CPD talks for someone like me who does a variety of general lists'
'Essential for the general anaesthetist'
'I really enjoyed the event. I attended all 3 days and they all had excellent topics and speakers'
*Please note the programme is subject to change.
| Wednesday 11 June 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09.20 - 09.50 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 09.50 - 10.00 | Welcome and introduction | |
| Session 1 | ||
| 10.00 - 10.25 | Perioperative management of total hip athroplasty | Dr Nav Bahal, Buckinghamshire |
| 10.25 - 10.50 | Mandatory training of rare anaesthetic event | Prof Will Harrop-Griffiths, London |
| 10.50 - 11.00 | Q&A Session | |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 11.30 - 11.55 | Effects of fatigue and nighttime work on anaesthetists well-being and patient safety | Prof Andrea Cortegiani, Italy |
| 11.55 - 12.20 | The use of ketamine sedation in ICU | Dr Nicholas Richards, Leeds |
| 12.20 - 12.45 | Equality and Diversity in Anaesthesia | Dr Sekina Bakare, London |
| 12.45 - 13.00 | Q&A Session | |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 14.00 - 14.25 | How to deliver equitable prehabilitation before cancer surgery | Prof Cliff Shelton, Manchester Dr Charlotte Fletcher, Lancashire |
| 14.25 - 14.50 | Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) international consensus statement on perioperative arterial pressure management | Prof Nick Fletcher, London |
| 14.50 - 15.15 | Assisted dying | Dr Helgi Johansson, London |
| 15.15 - 15.30 | Q&A Session | |
| 15.30 - 15.55 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4 | ||
| 15.55 - 16.20 | Legal implications of turning down patients for Surgery | Dr Megan Smith, London |
| 16.20 - 16.45 | Working conditions during pregnancy: A survey of 3590 European anaesthesiologists and intensivists | Dr Olivia Dow, London |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | Q&A Session | |
| 17.00 | CLOSE | |
*Please note the programme is subject to change.
| Thursday 12 June | ||
|---|---|---|
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 09.00 - 09.05 | Introduction | |
| Session 1 | ||
| 09.05 - 09.30 | Neurocognitive dysfunction following critical illness | Dr Mark Andonovic, Glasgow |
| 09.30 - 09.55 | Early Screening in Perioperative Care | Dr Ramai Santhiparala, London |
| 09.55 - 10.20 | TBC | TBC |
| 10.20 - 10.40 | Q&A Session | |
| 10.40 - 11.10 | Coffee break | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 11.10 - 11.35 | Geriatric Assessment and Optimisation for Vascular Patients – the Role of Perioperative Physicians. | Dr Bridget Strasser, London |
| 11.35 - 12.00 | TBC | TBC |
| 12.00 - 12.25 | Update on perioperative management of diabetic patients | Dr Dan Stubbs, Cambridge |
| 12.25 - 12.40 | Q&A Session | |
| 12.40 - 13.40 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 13.40 - 14.05 | Effect of time of day on outcomes in elective surgery | Dr Annerixt Gribnau, The Netherlands |
| 14.05 - 14.30 | Vasoactive therapy in shock | Dr Abhishek Jha, London |
| 14.30 - 14.40 | Q&A Session | |
| 14.40 - 15.10 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4 | ||
| 15.10 - 15.35 | Improving Timeliness to Emergency Laparotomy | Dr Carolyn Johnston, London |
| 15.35 - 16.00 | Strategies for difficult spinal anaesthesia | Prof Ki-Jinn Chin, Canada |
| 16.00 - 16.25 | Erector Spinae Plane block, the new standard in management of rib fracture? | Dr Aleksandra Kriks, Aylesbury |
| 16.25 - 16.40 | Q&A Session | |
| 16.40 | CLOSE | |
*Please note the programme is subject to change.
| Friday 13 June 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 08.25 - 08.55 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 08.55 - 09.00 | Introduction | |
| Session 1 | ||
| 09.00 - 09.25 | Update on unrecognised oesophageal intubation | Prof Tim Cook, Bath |
| 09.25 - 09.50 | Preoxygenation strategies | Prof Kariem El-Boghdadly, London |
| 09.50 - 10.00 | Q&A Session | |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 10.30 - 10.55 | Sedation for Critical Limb Ischaemia | Dr Nazia Khan, London |
| 10.55 - 11.20 | Perioperative Myocardial Injury | Dr Cara Hughes, New Zealand |
| 11.20 - 11.45 | Hypertensive emergencies in the perioperative setting | Dr Eryl Davies, Wythenshaw |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Q&A Session | |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 13.00 - 13.25 | Perioperative cardiac arrest in children as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists | Prof Jasmeet Soar, Bristol |
| 13.25 - 13.50 | Management of placental abruption | Dr Sonali Thakrar, London |
| 13.50 - 14.15 | Ergonomics in the anaesthetic workplace | Dr Paul Greig, London |
| 14.15 - 14.30 | Q&A Session | |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4 | ||
| 15.00 - 15.25 | The role of Protocolised Care Pathways in Modern Medicine | Dr Ed Rintoul, Hertforshire |
| 15.25 - 15.50 | Re-exploration following caesarean birth | Dr Bhatia Kailash, Manchester |
| 15.50 - 16.05 | Q&A Session | |
| 16.05 | CLOSING REMARKS | |
Pricing
Pricing detailed below to attend in person.
Pricing detailed below to attend online.
Pricing Terms and Conditions
Payment must be made at the time of booking unless otherwise stated. The RCoA, FICM and FPM are unable to hold places on events without payment. Credit or debit card payments must be made online via our card payment handler Stripe, or by phone. We do not accept purchase orders or raise invoices for places on our events.
Discounts are available for some membership types at the rates stated below. You must be eligible for the discount both at the time of the booking and at the time of the event itself. We may ask for proof of your member status at any point. If you are unable to prove your entitlement to the discount we may charge you the full event rate, or invite you to update your membership status accordingly. In such a situation we may withhold access to the event until your updated payment clears, or your new membership status is confirmed.
We are offering a fee for Low Middle Income Countries for online attendance, the cost will be £15 per day. Please email events@rcoa.ac.uk to check your eligibility.