I have an interest in supporting staff returning to work after a period of absence and have been extensively involved in the implementation of SuppoRTT across Yorkshire and the Humber. I am passionate about education and training and have helped set up and taught on multiple different courses around the region. I was also the clinical education lead for the Nightingale Hospital, Yorkshire and the Humber. I am a Healthcare Leadership Academy scholar and Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management
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I have an interest in supporting staff returning to work after a period of absence and have been extensively involved in the implementation of SuppoRTT across Yorkshire and the Humber. I am passionate about education and training and have helped set up and taught on multiple different courses around the region. I was also the clinical education lead for the Nightingale Hospital, Yorkshire and the Humber. I am a Healthcare Leadership Academy scholar and Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management
Anaesthetists should be involved in audit cycles, preferably using a ‘rapid-cycle’ quality improvement approach. These benchmark standards of care, and may be an effective change driver. This approach is an excellent way of providing evidence...
Anaesthetists should be involved in audit cycles, preferably using a ‘rapid-cycle’ quality improvement approach. These benchmark standards of care, and may be an effective change driver. This approach is an excellent way of providing evidence of good practice as defined by the GMC, and mapping the contribution that individuals make to any service within their hospitals.58,128,129,211
Regular audits of the following aspects of preoperative care may include: the effectiveness of preoperative information provided to patients preoperative documentation of consultation by anaesthetists consent to anaesthesia the effectivenes...
Regular audits of the following aspects of preoperative care may include:
- the effectiveness of preoperative information provided to patients
- preoperative documentation of consultation by anaesthetists
- consent to anaesthesia
- the effectiveness of preoperative assessment services
- preoperative visiting (patient waiting time, proportion of one stop visits)
- preoperative airway assessment
- preoperative fasting in adults and children
- appropriate preoperative medication
- thromboprophylaxis
- choice of technique...
Chapter 5: Guidelines for the Provision of Emergency Anaesthesia Services 2024
Agreed local clinical guidelines should be in use, produced by an appropriately constituted multiprofessional team, comprising anaesthetists, specialist nurses, surgeons, critical care clinicians, pharmacists, specialty consultants and managers. These guidelines should cover at least the following:
Chapter 18: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Cardiac and Thoracic Procedures 2021
In recent years there has been a trend towards assessment of elective patients in preadmission clinics, typically one to two weeks before surgery. This allows routine paperwork and investigations to be completed before admission, permits ‘same day’ admission and reduces the likelihood of delays or cancellation.57 Anaesthetists should be part of the preadmission clinical pathway, including implementing interventions to...
In recent years there has been a trend towards assessment of elective patients in preadmission clinics, typically one to two weeks before surgery. This allows routine paperwork and investigations to be completed before admission, permits ‘same day’...
In recent years there has been a trend towards assessment of elective patients in preadmission clinics, typically one to two weeks before surgery. This allows routine paperwork and investigations to be completed before admission, permits ‘same day’ admission and reduces the likelihood of delays or cancellation.48,49,50,51 Anaesthetists should be part of the preadmission clinical...
Anaesthetists should be familiar with the specific needs of patients with cancer, including the following: the adverse effects of high concentrations of oxygen in the presence of some antineoplastic agents, for example Bleomycin, and adjust their...
Anaesthetists should be familiar with the specific needs of patients with cancer, including the following:
- the adverse effects of high concentrations of oxygen in the presence of some antineoplastic agents, for example Bleomycin, and adjust their technique accordingly.51,52 Recent evidence confirms the association between unnecessarily high intraoperative FiO2 and increased risk of major respiratory complications and...
Chapter 9: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for an Obstetric Population 2024
A difficult intubation trolley with a variety of laryngoscopes including video laryngoscopes, tracheal tubes (size 7 and smaller), second-generation supraglottic airway devices, equipment for emergency front of neck and other aids for difficult airway management should be available in theatre. Videolaryngoscope should always be available. The difficult intubation trolley should have a standard layout that is identical to trolleys in other parts of...
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2024
Day surgery should be a consultant or autonomously practising anaesthetist/surgeon-led service with a dedicated clinical lead or clinical director who has programmed activities allocated to the role within their job plan. The role of the clinical director is to champion the cause of day surgery and to ensure that best practice is followed. This role may involve the development of...
Chapter 18: Guidelines on the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Cardiac Procedures 2024
In recent years there has been a trend towards assessment of elective patients in preadmission clinics, typically one to two weeks before surgery. This allows routine paperwork and investigations to be completed before admission, permits ‘same day’ admission and reduces the likelihood of delays or cancellation.48,49,50,51 Anaesthetists should be part of the preadmission...