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Anaesthetists are specialist doctors responsible for providing anaesthesia and pain management to patients before, during and after operations and surgical procedures.

The first step towards a career as an anaesthetist is medical school. Undergraduate medical training mostly lasts for five years and medical students normally graduate with a bachelors degree. This page contains information on the undergraduate stages of training in anaesthesia up until becoming a consultant.

An introduction to all aspects of safeguarding, ethics and consent and why this is relevant to anaesthesia.

An overview on all aspects of child protection and safeguarding and the specific responsibilities for anaesthesia teams.