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NAP5: Anaesthesia Awareness Pathway
To raise awareness of the Glenda Logsdail case and improve interpretation of capnography waveform shapes amongst teams, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has designed a capnography ‘tea trolley’ training programme.
Research led by the College around the care of over 21,000 patients before, during and after emergency bowel surgery has shown an improvement in the 30-day mortality rate.
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Biography of Prof Ralph Milton Waters
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GasReach is an exciting new collaborative project between the Widening Participation Medics Network (WPMN) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists which aims to increase diversity within anaesthesia.
The Singhota Family prize: bringing the generic professional capabilites to the curriculum forefront
This article discusses 'The birth of the generic professional capabilities learning hub' project which won second place in the Singhota Family prize, awarded in memory of Dr Jasjot Singhota.
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- Dr Hannah Headon, Medical Education Fellow, King’s College NHS Foundation Trust, Anaesthetics South East London
- Dr Christopher James, ST6 Anaesthetics, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Kate Millar, ST4 Anaesthetics, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Joseph Lipton, Consultant Anaesthetist Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
On 10 June 2022, the sun was shining and I was on my way to present at the RCoA’s College Tutors’ Meeting in Cardiff, feeling increasingly nervous and eager to share our hard work.
However, my nerves were misplaced: the meeting was extremely friendly and our project, ‘The birth of the generic professional capabilities learning hub’, was well received – to the extent that it came second in the competition for the Singhota Family prize, awarded in memory of Dr Jasjot Singhota.
The pandemic has generated a staggering backlog, with more than 7 million patients waiting for care. In order to treat these patients in a timely way, we need to increase our work rate beyond pre-pandemic levels but with our current workforce and model of care, this will be difficult.
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- Dr Hamish McLure, Medical Director (Professional Standards and Workforce Development) and Consultant Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Dr Natalie Drury, Consultant Anaesthetist and Anaesthesia Associate Lead, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The pandemic has generated a staggering backlog, with more than 7 million patients waiting for care. In order to treat these patients in a timely way, we need to increase our work rate beyond pre-pandemic levels but with our current workforce and model of care, this will be difficult.
Fatigue, burnout, repeated acute illnesses and a punitive tax system mean we have a fragile workforce with minimal capacity or interest in additional work. RCoA workforce data shows little to be optimistic about, with a projected gap of 11,000 anaesthetists by 2040. This demand cannot be met without a massive increase in training numbers. Given the pressures in virtually every other specialty, this is unlikely.
We asked anaesthetist in training Dr Duncan McGregor about his experience of LGBTQ+ advocacy and the work of GLADD, the Association of LGBTQ+ Doctors and Dentists.