Airway Leads Database
One of the key recommendations of the NAP4 report was that each Department of Anaesthesia should have a ‘departmental airway lead’. This has been a long-standing recommendation of the Difficult Airway Society (DAS) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ (RCoA) Council has now endorsed a strong recommendation that all departments should conform.
Locally there will be some flexibility in the responsibilities of the Department Airway Lead. However these should include (but not be limited to):
1. Overseeing local airway training for anaesthetists and assist in airway training more widely
2. Ensuring local policies exist and are disseminated for predictable airway emergencies
3. Ensuring that difficult airway equipment is appropriate to the local guidelines and standardised within the organisation
4. Liaising specifically with the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department to ensure consistency
5. Facilitators for NAP4 follow up surveys on institutional responses to NAP4 and audit of airway management practices
Please email awl@rcoa.ac.uk to confirm a change of Airway Lead within your Trust
England
Airedale General Hospital - Dr Claire Totten and Dr Radostina Paskaleva
Alder Hey Children's Hospital - Dr Richard Craig
Ashford Hospital - Dr Robert Menzies and Dr David Robinson
St Peter's Hospital - Dr Stephen Ramage
King George Hospital and Queen's Hospital - Dr Sudhansu Pattnaik
Barnsley Hospital - Dr Timothy Wenham and Dr Syed Razvi
Newham University Hospital - Dr Otto-Ernst Mohr
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Dr Ravi Bhagrath and Dr Stephen Shepherd
The Royal London Hospital - Dr Seema Shah
Whipps Cross University Hospital - Dr Sadanand Chitre
Basildon Hospital and Essex Cardiothoracic Centre - Dr Venkatraya Shenoy
Bedford General Hospital - Dr Ana Vochin
Birmingham Children's Hospital - Dr James Montgomerie
Birmingham Women's Hospital - Dr Yasmin Poonawala
Blackpool Victoria Hospital - Dr Simon Mills
Royal Bolton Hospital - Dr Tracy Sharp
Bradford Royal Infirmary - Dr Andrew Hatfield
Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, Princess Royal Hospital, Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Sussex Eye Hospital and Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre - Dr Sandeep Sudan
Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe General Hospital - Dr Jeremy Drake
Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary - Dr Daniel Smith
Addenbrooke's Hospital - Dr David Dugdale
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - Dr Laura Matthews
West Middlesex University Hospital - Dr Priyakam Chowdhury
Chesterfield Royal Hospital - Dr Joanna Gordon
Countess of Chester Hospital - Dr Jo Fawkner-Corbett
Darlington Memorial Hospital - Dr Raviprakash Hodigere Basavarajappa
Shotley Bridge Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham - Dr Niraj Niranjan
Croydon University Hospital - Dr Rebecca Thurairatnam
Darent Valley Hospital - Dr Raman Madan and Dr Vidhi Patle
Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup - Dr Kan Chandradeva
Bassetlaw District General Hospital - Dr Vinesh Vincent Brahmakulam
Doncaster Royal Infirmary - Dr Mary Avvai
Dorset County Hospital - Dr Helen Gordon
Lister Hospital - Dr Alex Czech
Macclesfield District General Hospital - Dr Ishani Dave
Kent and Canterbury Hospital - Dr Srdjana Trajkovic
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital - Dr Antony Hodgetts
William Harvey Hospital - Dr Louise Gent
Burnley General Hospital - Dr Danielle Ormandy
Colchester General Hospital - Dr Andrew Eldridge
The Ipswich Hospital - Dr Prakash Bhagwat
Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital - Dr James Evans
Epsom General Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre and St Helier Hospital - Dr Milind Bhagwat and Dr Barbara Lattuca
Frimley Park Hospital - Dr Paul Sidebottom
Heatherwood Hospital - Dr Anna Wallis
Wexham Park Hospital - Dr Anna Wallis and Dr Andrew Levison
George Eliot Hospital - Dr Manoj Ravindran
Cheltenham General Hospital, Cirencester Hospital, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Stroud General Hospital and Tewkesbury Community Hospital - Dr Katie Patton
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children - Dr Kar-Binh Ong and Dr Richard Lin
The Great Western Hospital, Swindon - Dr Simon Matthews
Evelina London Children's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital - Dr Imran Ahmad
Guy's Hospital - Dr Imran Ahmad and Dr Stephen Tricklebank
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital - Dr Nicholas Jones
Royal Hampshire County Hospital - Dr Richard Thomas
Harrogate District Hospital - Dr William Peat
Homerton University Hospital - Dr Ee-Min Wong
Castle Hill Hospital - Dr Penelope Gorton
Hull Royal Infirmary - Dr Aarti Tahlan
Charing Cross Hospital - Dr Alexia Paolineli
St Mary's Hospital, London - Dr Michael Kynoch and Dr Davina Watson
St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight - Dr Isobel Rice
James Paget University Hospital - Dr Naik Veena and Dr Pushpalatha Nathan
Kettering General Hospital - Dr Sachin Valap
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill - Dr Branavan Retnasingham
Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough - Dr James Bland
Kingston Hospital - Dr Sarang Puranik
Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital and Royal Preston Hospital - Dr Maurice Jones
Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds Dental Hospital, Seacroft Hospital, St James's University Hospital and Wharfedale Hospital - Dr Heather Gorton
Leeds General Infirmary - Dr Heather Gorton and Dr Gillian Davies
Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Dr Andrew McKechnie
University Hospital Lewisham - Dr Amit Soosan
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital - Dr Kenneth Palmer
University Hospital Aintree - Dr Peter Groom
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital - Dr Tom Irving
Liverpool Women's Hospital - Dr Celia Whelan
Central Middlesex Hospital, Ealing Hospital and St Mark's Hospital - Dr David Vaughan
Northwick Park Hospital - Dr David Vaughan and Dr Rajinder Singh Chaggar
Luton and Dunstable Hospital - Dr Payal Kajekar
Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital - Dr Andrew Al-Rais
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, St Mary's Hospital and Trafford General Hospital - Dr Sofia Clegg
Manchester Royal Infirmary - Dr Clare Conlon
Withington Community Hospital - Dr Douglas Greig and Dr Stephen Washington
Wythenshawe Hospital - Dr Amali Chandrasena
Medway Maritime Hospital - Dr Manisha Shah
Leighton Hospital and Victoria Infirmary - Dr Nina Rendell
Broomfield Hospital - Dr Benjamin Vowles
Dewsbury & District Hospital, Pinderfields General Hospital and Pontefract General Infirmary - Dr Helen Buglass
Milton Keynes General Hospital - Dr Sahana Jaladi
Moorfields Eye Hospital - Dr Aravindh Jayakumar
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital - Dr Jacqueline Raskovic
Northampton General Hospital - Dr David Cara
Southmead Hospital - Dr Joanne Adelaide
Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital - Dr Chhavi Srivastava
North Middlesex University Hospital - Dr Vijay Kale
University Hospital of Hartlepool and University Hospital of North Tees - Dr Kavitha Manoharan
Hinchingbrooke Hospital - Dr Madlena Vrazhalska
Peterborough City Hospital - Dr Jahangir Alam
North Devon District Hospital - Dr Susan Hanson and Dr James Powell
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital - Dr Pankaj Pradhan
Goole & District Hospital - Dr Namita Singh
Scunthorpe General Hospital - Dr Ramesh Manohar
Alnwick Infirmary, North Tyneside General Hospital and Wansbeck General Hospital - Dr Anand Jayaraman
Hexham General Hospital - Dr John Duggan
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital - Dr Sindhu Nair
Nottingham City Hospital - Dr Rangaraj Sethuraman
Queen's Medical Centre - Dr Mark Barley and Dr Gareth Gibbon
Churchill Hospital, Horton General Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre - Dr Vassilis Athanassoglou
Fairfield General Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary - Dr Paul Kirk
Royal Oldham Hospital - Dr Ramesh Ekambaram
Poole Hospital - Dr Michael Girgis
Queen Alexandra Hospital - Dr James Dinsmore and Dr Helen Bryant
Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead - Dr Alison Chalmers
Royal Berkshire Hospital - Dr Jonathan Mayer and Dr Edward Todman
Harefield Hospital - Dr Donna Hall
Royal Brompton Hospital - Dr Sara Mele and Dr Francisco Del Sindaco
Royal Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital and West Cornwall Hospital - Dr Alison Moore and Dr Mark Lambert
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital - Dr Ed McIlroy and Dr James Powell
Barnet Hospital - Dr Talat Mumtaz and Dr Joanna Makepeace
Chase Farm Hospital - Dr Talat Mumtaz
Royal Free Hospital - Dr Rebecca Flower and Dr Daniel Soltanifar
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - Dr Emily Spence
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Dr Benjamin Smith
Royal Papworth Hospital - Dr Angus Butchart
Royal Surrey County Hospital - Dr Daniel Chia Yeow
Royal United Hospital - Dr Sarah Gouldson and Dr Stuart Gold
Salford Royal Hospital - Dr Benjamin Kolb and Dr Ming Wilson
Salisbury District General Hospital - Dr Maqbool Jaffer
City Hospital and Sandwell General Hospital - Dr Bharati Rajdev
Sheffield Children's Hospital - Dr Robert Hearn
Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Weston Park Hospital - Dr Anthony Thomas
Northern General Hospital - Dr Anthony Thomas and Dr Anupam Sharma
King's Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital - Dr Irena Guzik
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital - Dr Christiaan de Klerk and Dr Martynas Juozaitis
Southend University Hospital - Dr David Ringrose
Ormskirk District General Hospital and Southport and Formby District General Hospital - Dr Christopher Goddard
Friarage Hospital and The James Cook University Hospital - Dr Chloe Fairbarns
Sunderland Royal Hospital - Dr Linda McGhee
Warwick Hospital - Dr Justin Perry
St George’s Hospital - Dr Kanika Dua
St Helens Hospital and Whiston Hospital - Dr Supriya Chitgopkar
Stepping Hill Hospital - Dr Tallat Nazir
Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital - Dr Matyas Andorka
Tameside General Hospital - Dr Kingsley Enohumah
Musgrove Park Hospital - Dr Richard Allan
The Christie Hospital - Dr John Barnes and Dr Jonathan Allen
Corbett Hospital, Guest Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital - Dr Anindya Dixit
Hillingdon Hospital - Dr Constandinos Papageorgiou
Mount Vernon Hospital - Dr Ahilan Pathmanathan
Freeman Hospital - Dr Jennifer Sainsbury and Dr Linda Waddilove
Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle - Dr Alison Schofield
Princess Alexandra Hospital - Dr Anuvidya Reddy
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn - Dr Sherif Shafeek
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital - Dr Rahul Patil
Rotherham Hospital - Dr Gerry Lynch
Royal Bournemouth Hospital - Dr Julius Cranshaw
The Royal Marsden Hospital (London) and The Royal Marsden Hospital (Surrey) - Dr Orla Lacey and Dr Torsten Beutlhauser
New Cross Hospital - Dr Richard Lightfoot
The Walton Centre - Dr Akshay Sule
Torbay Hospital - Dr Richard Hughes
County Hospital Louth, Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital - Dr Manish Kakkar
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery - Dr Michelle Leemans
University College Hospital - Dr Kirstie McPherson and Dr Elizabeth Cervi
Princess Anne Hospital - Dr Victoria Cloete-Hopkins
University Hospital Southampton - Dr Victoria Cloete-Hopkins and Dr Leonid Krivskiy
Good Hope Hospital - Dr Ashok Nair
Heartlands Hospital and Solihull Hospital - Dr Nicola Osborn
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham - Dr Gareth Jeskins and Dr Rajneesh Sachdeva
Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol Royal Infirmary and St Michael's Hospital - Dr Rachael Craven and Dr Helen Howes
Bristol Heart Institute - Dr Rachael Craven
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and University of Bristol Dental Hospital - Dr Anthony Bradley
South Bristol Community Hospital - Dr Helen Howes
Hospital of St Cross and University Hospital Coventry - Dr Charles Pairaudeau and Dr Subrahmanyam Radhakrishna
Queen's Hospital, Burton on Trent - Dr Paul Holgate
Royal Derby Hospital - Dr Anjum Ahmed-Nusrath
Glenfield Hospital - Dr Elizabeth Jonck
Leicester General Hospital - Dr Antony Joseph
Leicester Royal Infirmary - Dr Fiona Olejnik
Furness General Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmoreland General Hospital - Dr Thomas Oldham
Royal Stoke University Hospital - Dr Tamil Rajamanickam
Derriford Hospital - Dr Shahed Chishti
Walsall Manor Hospital - Dr Mukesh Sharma
Cheshire and Merseyside Treatment Centre, Halton General Hospital and Warrington Hospital - Dr Seema Charters
St Albans City Hospital and Watford General Hospital - Dr Sampath Shenoy
West Suffolk Hospital - Dr Drew Welch
Southlands Hospital, St Richard's Hospital and Worthing Hospital - Dr Stuart Wade
Weston General Hospital - Dr Joseph Loader
Whittington Hospital - Dr Roxaan Jappie
Arrowe Park Hospital and Clatterbridge Hospital - Dr Jessica Griffith
Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre - Dr Sean Chadwick
Worcestershire Royal Hospital - Dr Aidan Norman
Leigh Infirmary - Dr Muthu Hulgur
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Dr Harry Chan
Wrightington Hospital - Dr Sean McAfee
Yeatman Hospital - Dr Ciprian Cociuba
Yeovil District Hospital - Dr Carmen Marginean
Bridlington and District Hospital, Scarborough General Hospital, The New Selby War Memorial Hospital and The York Hospital - Dr Peter Walsh
Islands
Nobles Hospital - Dr Matthew Biggart
Princess Elizabeth Hospital - Dr Richard Evans
Western Isles Hospital - Dr Beata Pantak
Northern Ireland
Belfast City Hospital - Dr Robert Bailie and Dr Emma Lappin
Mater Hospital, Musgrave Park Hospital, Royal Jubilee Maternity Services, Royal Victoria Hospital and The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children - Dr Robert Bailie
Antrim Area Hospital, Mid Ulster Hospital and Whiteabbey Hospital - Dr William Donaldson
Causeway Hospital - Dr Paul Alexander
Downe Hospital - Dr Damien Carson and Dr Niranjan Chogle
Lagan Valley Hospital and The Ulster Hospital - Dr Damien Carson
Craigavon Area Hospital, Daisy Hill Hospital and South Tyrone Hospital - Dr Erik Lichnovsky
Altnagelvin Hospital - Dr Clive Macartney
South West Acute Hospital - Dr Ronan O'Hare
Tyrone County Hospital, Omagh - Dr Clive Macartney and Dr Ronan O'Hare
Scotland
University Hospital Ayr - Dr Philip Hamilton
University Hospital Crosshouse - Dr Philip Jacobs
Borders General Hospital - Dr Rachel Harvey
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary - Dr Stephen Wilson
Queen Margaret Hospital and Victoria Hospital - Dr Lorna McEwan
Forth Valley Royal Hospital - Dr Alvin Soosay
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - Dr Erin McKay
Dr Gray's Hospital - Dr Andrej Andrasovsky
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and Woodend Hospital - Dr David Seath
Gartnavel General Hospital and Western Infirmary - Dr Craig Urquhart
Glasgow Royal Infirmary and New Stobhill Hospital - Dr Stuart Young
Institute of Neurosciences and Spinal Unit - Dr Suzanne Thomas
Inverclyde Royal Hospital - Dr Artur Pryn
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow - Dr Alan Brown and Dr Oliver Licari
Royal Alexandra Hospital - Dr Michael Kerr
Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow - Dr Neal Willis
Belford Hospital - Dr Katrina Gannon
Raigmore Hospital - Dr Gordon Bathgate
Hairmyres Hospital - Dr Jonathan Edgar
Monklands Hospital - Dr Claire McIntyre
University Hospital Wishaw - Dr Rajmohan Padmanabhan
Department of Clinical Neurosciences - Dr Caroline Brookman
Royal Hospital for Sick Children - Dr Karina Jakubowska
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion - Dr Catherine Theodosiou
St John’s Hospital at Howden - Dr Claire Gillan and Dr Patrick Ward
Western General Hospital - Dr Alistair McNarry
Golden Jubilee National Hospital - Dr Nick Brown
Gilbert Bain Hospital - Dr Catriona Barr
Ninewells Hospitals and Stracathro Hospital - Dr Simon Crawley
Perth Royal Infirmary - Dr Rhona Younger
Western Isles Hospital - Dr Beata Pantak
Wales
Maindiff Court Hospital, Nevill Hall Hospital, Royal Gwent Hospital, St Woolos Hospital and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr - Dr Iwan Roberts
Abergele Hospital and Glan Clwyd Hospital - Dr Kevin Kelly
Wrexham Maelor Hospital - Dr Anna Williams
Ysbyty Gwynedd - Dr Declan Maloney
University Hospital Llandough and University Hospital of Wales - Dr Catrin Maidment
Prince Charles Hospital - Dr Geraint Rees
Royal Glamorgan Hospital - Dr Dominic Hurford
Princess of Wales Hospital - Dr Jon Holland
Bronglais General Hospital and Prince Philip Hospital - Dr Ramesh Khoju-Shrestha
Glangwili General Hospital - Dr Rhodri Evans
Withybush General Hospital - Dr Joel Green
Morriston Hospital and Singleton Hospital - Dr Anthony Murphy
Neath Port Talbot Hospital - Dr Vijayalakshmi Varadarajan