Departments should consider providing all newly appointed consultants or autonomously practising anaesthetists, particularly those with limited experience, with a mentor to facilitate their development in thoracic anaesthesia.
The supervising anaesthetist should be easily contactable and should be available to attend within minutes of being requested by the AAs.118
In units offering a 24-hour regional analgesia service, the duty anaesthetist should be resident on the hospital site where the regional analgesia is provided (not at a nearby hospital).
The lead obstetric anaesthetist should ensure that there are continuing quality improvement projects to maintain and improve the care in their units.28
There should be specific consultant or autonomously practising anaesthetist programmed activity time for burn anaesthesia in hospitals where burn surgery is undertaken.4
