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Dennis has an anaesthetic is an online Beano comic strip, developed by the RCoA in partnership with the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

The following new appointments were approved, and with sadness we record the deaths of some of our fellows. 

At Newham University Hospital there were extensive refurbishments taking place in order to make the theatre complex compliant with current fire-safety regulations. As well as this, there have been a number of fires in intensive care units in the UK over the past decade requiring full-scale staff and patient evacuation.

We realised that we were unsure ourselves of how we would manage such a situation, and so we looked up whether there were fire-safety guidelines specifically for anaesthetists. We came across the recent Association of Anaesthetists fire-safety and emergency evacuation guidelines, published in May 2021. One of the key recommendations was that all healthcare workers should have ‘practical walk-through and/or simulated evacuation training’ at least every two years.

In the last Bulletin issue, ACSA reviewed the achievements of the scheme upon its 10^th anniversary. We continue to reflect now by celebrating anaesthetic departments who have been accredited and re-accredited over the last year. They share their experiences in their own words.

The following new appointments were approved, and with sadness we record the deaths of some of our fellows. 

Find out the latest appointments approved, and with sadness we record the deaths of some of our fellows. 

In this second of our ‘Education resources of the quarter’ feature, we’re taking a look at recent College talks and podcasts on airway matters, and taking videos from our events and podcast programme from the last few years and re-sharing them here.

In Scotland there stands a national gap in clinical governance which results in blind spots and potential risk to patients. This article explores why Scotland is missing out and what needs to be done next.

Our nation is ideally placed to perform and contribute to UK-wide audit. The population size, the uniform governance structure, and the infrastructure and expertise should lend themselves to a world-leading approach to clinical audit and outcomes.

Despite this, Scotland doesn’t participate in an important programme for ensuring standards and safety in anaesthesia in the UK. The Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG) is a long-standing collaborative project between the Royal College of Anaesthestists (RCoA) and the Association of Anaesthetists. Established in 2008, it aims to provide a central repository for anaesthesia-related patient-safety incidents. SALG then analyses, prioritises and takes appropriate action on reported incidents.