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There must be systematic measures in place to respond to serious incidents. These measures should protect patients and ensure that robust investigations are carried out by trained safety leads. When an incident occurs, it must be reported to all releva...

There must be systematic measures in place to respond to serious incidents. These measures should protect patients and ensure that robust investigations are carried out by trained safety leads. When an incident occurs, it must be reported to all relevant bodies internal and external to the organisation.²⁰¹

Agreed internal referral pathways to other specialties should be in place for the minority of cases in which this may be required to expedite further investigation and patient optimisation. This should be done in close collaboration between the preoper...

Agreed internal referral pathways to other specialties should be in place for the minority of cases in which this may be required to expedite further investigation and patient optimisation. This should be done in close collaboration between the preoperative assessment lead and nominated representatives from appropriate specialties, e.g. cardiology, diabetes, renal, respiratory and geriatric medicine.

Chapter 11: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Inpatient Pain Management 2024

Where possible, the IPS should encourage engagement in research in pain medicine, including recruitment into well designed national and international multicentre studies.⁶⁵ The IPS should be encouraged to be research-aware.⁶⁶

Chapter 2: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for the Perioperative Care of Elective and Urgent Care Patients 2024

Agreed internal referral pathways to other specialties should be in place for the minority of cases in which this may be required to expedite further investigation and patient optimisation. This should be done in close collaboration between the preoperative assessment lead and nominated representatives from appropriate specialties (e.g. cardiology, diabetes, renal, respiratory and geriatric medicine).

Supporting anaesthetists returning to work during a pandemic

Dr Amy Hobbs with Dr Gemma Phillips write about their experiences as part of the College working group which developed a ‘Returning to Work in Anaesthesia’ online course.

No Trace = Wrong Place

A podcast about No Trace Wrong Place

Managing crisis situations – anaesthetists during COVID-19

Dr Helgi Johannsson and Dr Sarah Muldoon discuss how anaesthetists are key to successfully managing major trauma incidents.

Age and the Anaesthetist

The single biggest challenge facing the NHS is to respond to the vastly increased demands of an ageing patient population and workforce.

An escalation policy should be in place for all medical, healthcare professional and managerial staff. An emergency call system should be in place and understood by all relevant staff. This should include the names and method of contact, which should b...

An escalation policy should be in place for all medical, healthcare professional and managerial staff. An emergency call system should be in place and understood by all relevant staff. This should include the names and method of contact, which should be prominently displayed in appropriate areas. Internal hospital telephone switchboards should have ready access to rotas and methods of contacts.

Chapter 7: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services in the Non-theatre Environment 2024

An escalation policy should be in place and should be understood by all medical, healthcare professional and managerial staff. This should include the names and method of contact, which should be prominently displayed in appropriate areas. Internal hospital telephone switchboards should have ready access to rotas and methods of contacts.⁷

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