Anaesthetic Updates
Our three-day hybrid conference will help you stay informed when it comes to the key issues surrounding best anaesthetic practice.
Anaesthetic Updates Meeting September 2025
Connect. Learn. Inspire.
Stay ahead of the curve and join us for three days of new ideas in anaesthesia, critical care, and pain management. Discover new developments on the horizon from today’s expert specialists and learn how best to combat the growing issues you will face in your anaesthetic practice.
Join us at Churchill House for our September Anaesthetic Updates Meeting — your essential update on clinical practice, innovation, and the future of anaesthesia.
Whether you’re newly qualified or a seasoned consultant, this is your opportunity to:
- Network in person with colleagues from across the UK and beyond
- Share ideas and experiences with colleagues in a collaborative, friendly setting
- Engage with expert-led lectures covering the latest evidence, practice updates, and policy changes
- Attend online if you can’t make it to London — with all sessions streamed live and available on demand post-conference
And when the day’s learning is done, enjoy everything London has to offer — world-class dining, culture, and entertainment just steps from the venue.
Don’t miss this chance to reconnect, recharge, and stay ahead in your field.
Book your place today.
Feedback from our recent Anaesthetic Updates events:
- "Good update on good variety of topics. Helped develop confidence after returning to work after maternity leave."
- "Good range of topics relevant to all anaesthetists. Well mixed so couldn’t miss any session really."
- "The best conference I have ever attended. Very informative and well delivered."
- 'Excellent speakers and good variety of subjects'
- "The clinical updates were all very useful for my current sphere of practice. The non-clinical talks were really enjoyable and thought provoking. Overall a good balance of topics compared to other conferences."
| 09:10-09:50 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS | |
| 09:50-09:55 | Introduction | Dr Prasad Lanka, Consultant Anaesthetist, HUTH |
| Session 1: | ||
| 09:55-10:20 | Have we changed our neuroanaesthetic practice in the last 5 years | Dr Matt Wiles, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Sheffield |
| 10:20-10:45 | Will wearable continuous monitoring improve perioperative outcomes? | Professor Ashish Khanna, Professor and Vice-Chair of Research, North Carolina |
| 10:45-11:00 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 11:00-11:20 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| Session 2: | ||
| 11:20-11:45 | Management of the high risk airway | Dr Imran Ahmed, Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London |
| 11:45-12:10 | Management of mass casualties – lessons learned from combats | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 12:10-12:35 | Cerebral oximetry in shoulder surgery | Professor Anil Hormis |
| 12:35-12:50 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 12:50-13:50 | LUNCH | |
| Session 3: | ||
| 13:50-14:15 | What is new and what is truly good in regional anaesthesia | Dr Maria Paz Sebastian Lopez, Consultant Anaesthetist, Honorary secretary RA-UK |
| 14:15-14:40 | Spinal for spinal surgery | Dr J Chathuparambil John, Consultant Anaesthetist, Owestry |
| 14:50-14:55 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 14:55-15:15 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| Session 4: | ||
| 15:15-15:40 | Optimisation & protection of renal function | Professor Sunil Bhandari, Consultant Nephrologist, Kingston upon Hull |
| 15:40-16:05 | ERAS Updates | Professor William (Bill) Fawcett, Professor in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Guildford |
| 16:05-16:20 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 16:20 | CLOSE | |
| 09:10-09:50 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS | |
| 09:50-09:55 | Introduction | |
| Session 1: | ||
| 09:55-10:20 | Futility and critical care | Dr Emma Temple |
| 10:20-10:45 | How point of care ultrasound can assist with clinical decision making | Dr Rosie Hogg, Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast |
| 10:45-11:00 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 11:00-11:20 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| Session 2: | ||
| 11:20-11:45 | What’s new in obstetric anaesthesia | Dr Nula Lucas, Northwick Park Hospital |
| 11:45-12:10 | Obstetrics | Dr Arvind Palanisamy, Washington University in St Louis, USA |
| 12:10-12:35 | Stabilising and transferring a sick child from a DGH - how to be best prepared for a time-critical transfer | Dr Laurence Hulatt, Consultant Anaesthetist, Plymouth |
| 12:35-12:50 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 12:50-13:50 | LUNCH | |
| Session 3: | ||
| 13:50-14:25 | 50 years of postoperative pain and its management - lessons learned | Professor Narinder Rawal, Sweden |
| 14:25-14:50 | Anaesthesia and Aerospace Medicine: The Commercial Space Era | Dr Sindujen Sriharan, Anaesthetic Registrar, London |
| 14:50-15:05 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 15:05-15:25 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| Session 4: | ||
| 15:25-15:50 | Systematic reviews and network meta-analysis | Dr Preet Mohinder Singh, Associate Professor in Anaesthesiology, Washington University in St Louis. USA |
| 15:50-16:15 | NAP – have we achieved our aim? | Professor Tim Cook. Royal United hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust |
| 16:15-16:30 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 16:30 | CLOSE | |
| 09:10-09:40 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS | |
| 09:40-09:45 | Introduction | |
| Session 1: | ||
| 09:45-09:55 | NHS 10 year plan and anaesthesia – what we want as anaesthetists | Dr Chris Carey, RCoA Vice-President |
| 09:55-10:20 | Pre assessment dilemmas and solutions | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 10:20-10:45 | Pre-operative risk prediction tools in adults - Better than chance? (Building on NICE 2020) | Dr Claire Dunstan, Cardiff & Alesha Wale, Senior evidence and knowledge analyst HCRW |
| 10:45-11:00 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 11:00-11:20 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| Session 2: | ||
| 11:20-11:45 | Frailty in the perioperative setting | Dr Sbai Magda, Consultant Geriatrician and Physician, London |
| 11:45-12:10 | Diabetes and current guidance | Dr Ketan Dhataria |
| 12:10-12:35 | Virtual Hospitals and the anaesthetist, bringing care closer to home! | Dr Iain Goodhart, Cambridge |
| 12:35-12:50 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 12:50-13:50 | LUNCH | |
| Session 3: | ||
| 13:50-14:15 | Advanced respirator failure beyond Covid | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 14:15-14:40 | Recent advances in management of heart failure in anaesthesia and ICU | Dr Helena Brennan, Plymouth |
| 14:50-14:55 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 14:55-15:15 | REFRESHMENTS | |
| Session 4: | ||
| 15:15-15:40 | Sustainable medicine - what does this mean? | Dr Fiona Brennan, Wales |
| 15:40-16:05 | AI - is it safe anaesthesia? | Dr Adam Julius, London |
| 16:05-16:20 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
| 16:20 | CLOSE | |
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.
Visiting London
Accommodation
The RCoA have agreed a preferential rate with the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury. If you would like to book using the RCoA rate click the link below where you will be able to select the hotel and dates required.
Please note: the rate per night may be increased by the hotel based on demand so we suggest booking as early as possible. Free cancellation is available up to 24 hours prior to check in. The terms and conditions are available to view on the hotel booking pages.
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