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After a delay due to Covid, we are pleased to say we are in the final stages of NAP7. The baseline and activity surveys are complete and being prepared for publication. The NAP7 panel is working hard to digest all possible learning from the case registry. Here we provide a brief update, with the full report coming in late 2023. We are hugely appreciative of the contribution of all anaesthetists.

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government talked about their goal of delivering ‘shots in arms’ as the ultimate goal of the vaccine efforts. This wasn’t an exercise in expanding scientific knowledge or customising production, but the aim was clearly stated as being to deliver those advances to citizens in order to prevent them from becoming patients.

It may seem that we have been reporting on the HSRC-DAS-University of Nottingham collaboration on the UK eFONA Registry for a very long time. However, I am delighted to say that, a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, all the pieces are finally starting to slot together.

The National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) is 10 years old this year, so this is a timely point to review progress, highlight achievements, and look at the persisting challenges ahead.

We go behind the scenes of the NIAA’s Patient, Carer and Public Involvement and Engagement Group (aka the ‘PCPIE' Group) to speak to some of its members about their work and how they believe it benefits research.

The Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme has been running since 2016 and wouldn’t be anything without our collaborators. We would like to thank them all for their hard work.

The Associate Principal Investigator (API) scheme is a new initiative from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) which aims to formalise research involvement for those not normally exposed to research in their day-to-day jobs.