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The anaesthetist should be part of a burns multidisciplinary team.¹¹

The duty anaesthetist should be informed as soon as a woman with a BMI above a locally agreed threshold is admitted.

An anaesthetist should be involved in all case reviews where the case includes anaesthetic input. 

All pregnant women requiring caesarean birth should, except in an extreme emergency, be visited and assessed by an anaesthetist before arrival in the operating theatre. This should allow sufficient time to weigh up the information to give informed consent for anaesthesia.¹³⁷

Anaesthetists who prescribe oral sedation for paediatric burn patients do not need to be physically present for the procedure for which sedation is being prescribed but they, or other suitably trained and experienced staff, need to be available to return immediately if the need arises.⁵³

Anaesthetists with commitments to regional and national work should have appropriate support through job planning. Departments should take into consideration both the impact this has on the rest of the department, as well as the considerable benefits local departments gain from having staff undertake anaesthetic regional and national roles.

Anaesthetists or a delegated AA should formally handover the patient, and should remain in the recovery unit if their input is required. They should leave the patient in a stable condition.^131,183,184

Anaesthetists in training may be given the opportunity to train in ophthalmic Anaesthesia as a special interest area of the RCoA 2021 Curriculum if the hospital caseload and capacity for training meet the requirements for this special interest area.^39,40

Anaesthetists and other health professionals who care for children having regional anaesthesia techniques, must have received appropriate training and should ensure that at annual appraisals, competence is deemed adequate.^45,51