Airway Leads day
Join fellow airway leads from across the country to share best practice and address key topics.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists and Difficult Airway Society are delighted to announce the ninth Airway Leads Day.
Join fellow airway leads from across the country to share best practice and address key topics in airway management.
Programme details will be announced shortly.
This event is aimed at airway leads and is by invitation only. However, if you are a senior trainee with an interest in airway management, or are looking to become an airway lead and would therefore like to attend the event, then please do contact us for further information.
If you have any queries, please contact the events department via email or call 020 7092 1673.
| Friday 20 March 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09:15-09:25 | Welcome and introduction | Dr Sandeep Sudan, RCoA/DAS Airway Leads Advisor TBC |
| SESSION 1 | Networking and leadership | Chair: Dr Sandeep Sudan |
| 09:25-09:45 | Cross-specialty airway governance: Linking anaesthesia, ITU and ED | Prof Andy Higgs, Warrington |
| 09:45-10:05 | Lessons learnt from QI education: From the USA to the UK | Dr Tanya Hall, East Sussex |
| 10:05-10:25 | Leadership: Driving change | TBC |
| 10:25-10:45 | DISCUSSION / Q&A | All session 1 panellists |
| 10:45-11:00 | BREAK | |
| SESSION 2 | Hot topics | Chair: TBC |
| 11:00-11:20 | Anaesthesia in the Coroner's Court | Dr Karen Henderson, East Sussex |
| 11:20-11:40 | A framework for the anticipated difficult airway | Prof Tim Cook, Bath |
| 11:40-12:00 | Greening airway devices through reuse | Prof Mahmood Bhutta, Consultant ENT Surgeon, East Sussex |
| 12:00-12:20 | DISCUSSION / Q&A | All session 2 panellists |
| 12:00-13:05 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| SESSION 3 | Examples of best practice | Chair: TBC |
| 13:05-13:15 | TBC | TBC |
| 13:15-13:25 | TBC | TBC |
| 13:25-13:35 | TBC | TBC |
| 13:35-13:45 | TBC | TBC |
| 13:45-13:55 | TBC | TBC |
| 13:55-14:10 | DISCUSSION / Q&A | All session 3 panellists |
| 14:10-14:25 | BREAK | |
| SESSION 4 | Implementing the DAS 2025 guidelines | Chair: Dr Sandeep Sudan |
| 14:25-14:45 | Universal Videolaryngoscopy (VL) in your department | Dr Branavan Retnasingham, London |
| 14:45-15:05 | The educational package | Dr Gunjeet Dua, London |
| 15:05-15:25 | Call for help: eFONA friend | Dr Imran Ahmad, London |
| 15:25-15:45 | DISCUSSION / Q&A | All session 4 panellists |
| 15:45-15:50 | Close of meeting | Dr Sandeep Sudan |
Please note that this is a draft programme and may be subject to change.
Speakers
Dr Sandeep Sudan is a Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Sussex (East), Brighton and Haywards Heath with an interest in anaesthesia for head and neck surgery. He is the local airway lead and in 2023 took on the role of RCoA/DAS Airway Lead Adviser.
Sandeep has an interest in airway education and regularly teaches on courses both regionally and nationally, including the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ Airway Workshops.