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Letters to the Editor: Autumn 2024

Read the latest letters submitted by members in autumn's Bulletin.

Dear Editor,

I read the wellbeing and burnout articles in the Bulletin (Summer 2024) with interest. Though highlighted for some, it is an ‘eyeroll subject’, but the importance of wellbeing is undeniable. In particular, it is important to ensure that anaesthetists and the wider multidisciplinary team receive appropriate wellbeing and psychological support after traumatic incidents. Exposure to traumatic events is inevitable in anaesthesia. Having systems to support staff afterwards is crucial to recovery and to reduce long-term burnout and emotional toll.

FICM: training and the GMC

This article discusses the complexity of delivering training and how we are very much constrained by the GMC, which is our statutory body for training. 

Delivering training is a complex process. One of the disconnects that crops up between the FICM and intensivists in training is fuelled by the constraints of how the curriculum is delivered. While there are aspects of training that we can adjust, we are very much constrained by the GMC, which is our statutory body for training.

Dennis has an anaesthetic

Dennis has an anaesthetic is an online Beano comic strip, developed by the RCoA in partnership with the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Having surgery can be a worrying time for both children and parents and the comic strip aims to add an element of fun and play, while helping children understand what it’s like to have a general anaesthetic and how they can prepare for an operation.

Dennis has an anaesthetic is an online Beano comic strip, developed by the RCoA in partnership with the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Get involved in Research

There are many ways for clinicians, patients and the public to get actively involved in perioperative research.