Anaesthetic Updates
Our three-day hybrid conference will help you stay informed when it comes to the key issues surrounding best anaesthetic practice.
Stay ahead of the curve and join us for three days of new ideas in anaesthesia, critical care, and pain management. Discover new developments on the horizon from today’s expert specialists and learn how best to combat the growing issues you will face in your anaesthetic practice.
Join us in September to connect with your peers, question the specialty experts, and bring back new ideas that will improve your own practice.
Feedback from our recent Anaesthetic Updates events:
'Excellent session on the recent advancement in Anaesthesia and relevant updates.'
'The best conference I have ever attended. Very informative and well delivered. '
'Excellent speakers and good variety of subjects'
09:10-09:50 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS | |
09:50-09:55 | Introduction | Dr Prasad Lanka, Consultant Anaesthetist, HUTH |
Session 1: | ||
09:55-10:20 | Updates on mechanism of anaesthesia & new anaesthetic induction agents | Speaker to be confirmed |
10:20-10:45 | Updates in periop safety | Speaker to be confirmed |
10:45-11:00 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
11:00-11:20 | REFRESHMENTS | |
Session 2: | ||
11:20-11:45 | Management of the high risk airway | Dr Imran Ahmed, Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London |
11:45-12:10 | Mass Casualties, What's New | Speaker to be confirmed |
12:10-12:35 | Cerebral oximetry in shoulder surgery | Professor Anil Hornes |
12:35-12:50 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
12:50-13:50 | LUNCH | |
Session 3: | ||
13:50-14:15 | What is new and what is truly good in regional anaesthesia | Dr Maria Paz Sebastian Lopez, Consultant Anaesthetist, Honorary secretary RA-UK |
14:15-14:40 | Spinal for spinal surgery | Dr J Chathuparambil John, Consultant Anaesthetist, Owestry |
14:50-14:55 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
14:55-15:15 | REFRESHMENTS | |
Session 4: | ||
15:15-15:40 | Optimisation & protection of renal function | Professor Sunil Bhandari, Consultant Nephrologist, Kingston upon Hull |
15:40-16:05 | ESRA Updates | Speaker to be confirmed |
16:05-16:20 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
16:20 | CLOSE |
09:10-09:50 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS | |
09:50-09:55 | Introduction | |
Session 1: | ||
09:55-10:20 | Have we changed our neuroanaesthetic practice in the last 5 years | Speaker to be confirmed |
10:20-10:45 | How point of care ultrasound can assist with clinical decision making | Dr Rosie Hogg, Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast |
10:45-11:00 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
11:00-11:20 | REFRESHMENTS | |
Session 2: | ||
11:20-11:45 | High risk Obstetrics | |
11:45-12:10 | Obstetrics | Dr Arvind Palanisamy, Washington University in St Louis, USA |
12:10-12:35 | Stabilising and transferring a sick child from a DGH - how to be best prepared for a time-critical transfer | Dr Laurence Hulatt, Consultant Anaesthetist, Plymouth |
12:35-12:50 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
12:50-13:50 | LUNCH | |
Session 3: | ||
13:50-14:25 | 50 years of postoperative pain and its management - lessons learned | Professor Narinder Rawal, Sweden |
14:25-14:50 | Anaesthesia and Aerospace Medicine: The Commercial Space Era | Dr Sindujen Sriharan, Anaesthetic Registrar, London |
14:50-15:05 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
15:05-15:25 | REFRESHMENTS | |
Session 4: | ||
15:25-15:50 | Systematic reviews and network meta-analysis | Dr Preet Mohinder Singh, Associate Professor in Anaesthesiology, Washington University in St Louis. USA |
15:50-16:15 | NAP – have we achieved our aim? | Speaker to be confirmed |
16:15-16:30 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
16:30 | CLOSE |
09:10-09:40 | REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS | |
09:40-09:45 | Introduction | |
Session 1: | ||
09:45-09:55 | NHS 10 year plan and anaesthesia – what we want as anaesthetists | Speaker to be confirmed |
09:55-10:20 | Pre assessment dilemmas and solutions | Speaker to be confirmed |
10:20-10:45 | Pre-operative risk prediction tools in adults - Better than chance? (Building on NICE 2020) | Dr Claire Dunstan, Cardiff & Alesha Wale, Senior evidence and knowledge analyst HCRW |
10:45-11:00 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
11:00-11:20 | REFRESHMENTS | |
Session 2: | ||
11:20-11:45 | Safe anaesthesia | Speaker to be confirmed |
11:45-12:10 | Diabetes and current guidance | Dr Ketan Dhataria |
12:10-12:35 | Mind the Gap: Gap between recommendation and clinical practice | Speaker to be confirmed |
12:35-12:50 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
12:50-13:50 | LUNCH | |
Session 3: | ||
13:50-14:15 | Advanced respirator failure beyond Covid | Speaker to be confirmed |
14:15-14:40 | Recent advances in management of heart failure in anaesthesia and ICU | Speaker to be confirmed |
14:50-14:55 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
14:55-15:15 | REFRESHMENTS | |
Session 4: | ||
15:15-15:40 | Sustainability | Speaker to be confirmed |
15:40-16:05 | AI - is it safe anaesthesia? | Dr Adam Julius, London |
16:05-16:20 | DISCUSSION / Q&A SESSION | |
16:20 | CLOSE |
Pricing
Pricing detailed below to attend in person.

Pricing detailed below to attend online.

Pricing Terms and Conditions
Payment must be made at the time of booking unless otherwise stated. The RCoA, FICM and FPM are unable to hold places on events without payment. Credit or debit card payments must be made online via our card payment handler Stripe, or by phone. We do not accept purchase orders or raise invoices for places on our events.
Discounts are available for some membership types at the rates stated below. You must be eligible for the discount both at the time of the booking and at the time of the event itself. We may ask for proof of your member status at any point. If you are unable to prove your entitlement to the discount we may charge you the full event rate, or invite you to update your membership status accordingly. In such a situation we may withhold access to the event until your updated payment clears, or your new membership status is confirmed.
Accommodation
The RCoA have agreed a preferential rate with the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury. If you would like to book using the RCoA rate click the link below where you will be able to select the hotel and dates required.
Please note: the rate per night may be increased by the hotel based on demand so we suggest booking as early as possible. Free cancellation is available up to 24 hours prior to check in. The terms and conditions are available to view on the hotel booking pages.
The RCoA accepts no responsibility for your booking or stay with the hotel. Any queries should be directed to the Hotel.
Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury - CLICK HERE to access the booking platform.