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A summary of research articles indicating the benefits to services in employing anaesthetists in training from University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust Library and Knowledge Service.
The College is pleased to announce the publication of Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services (GPAS) 2021.
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is one of over 60 organisations, supporting an amendment to the Health and Care Bill to strengthen workforce planning.
This article introduces the Lifelong Learning Platform team and also looks into some of the wider support and governance around the LLP.
The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLP) continues to experience very high levels of use, with each month typically seeing more than 500,000 unique actions taking place among its user-base – which is approaching 24,500 – and the LLP team usually receives around 800 emails per month. This article introduces the team and also some of the wider support and governance around the LLP.
The LLP team is headed by Esma Doganguzel, Product Manager, and she is supported by Avia Spiers and Tunde Arowojolu, Product Owners, and Chris Kennedy, Revalidation and CPD Co-ordinator. The team blends strategic oversight, development, training, and regulatory expertise, and is committed to supporting and addressing the evolving needs of our users and to improving the LLP in innovative and progressive ways.
Hospitals should have a clear and explicit strategy for developing a strong safety culture that includes the following characteristics: recognition of the inevitability of errors, commitment to discuss and learn from errors, proactive identification of...
Hospitals should have a clear and explicit strategy for developing a strong safety culture that includes the following characteristics: recognition of the inevitability of errors, commitment to discuss and learn from errors, proactive identification of latent threats, and the incorporation of non punitive systems for reporting and analysing adverse events.59,170,171
As part of preoperative preparation, the plan for the perioperative management of any existing medications, such as anticoagulant drugs and diabetic treatment, should be agreed, taking into account the relative risks of stopping any medication in the l...
As part of preoperative preparation, the plan for the perioperative management of any existing medications, such as anticoagulant drugs and diabetic treatment, should be agreed, taking into account the relative risks of stopping any medication in the light of the patient’s medical condition and the anaesthetic technique required. Advice should be sought from the multiprofessional team (e.g. medical colleagues, clinical...
All hospitals treating patients with hip fractures should participate in national audits, e.g. National Hip Fracture Database or the National Joint Registry96,97 to monitor its performance against national benchmarks and quality standards. Outcome...
All hospitals treating patients with hip fractures should participate in national audits, e.g. National Hip Fracture Database or the National Joint Registry96,97 to monitor its performance against national benchmarks and quality standards. Outcomes from these audits should be distributed to anaesthetic staff.
Patients from non-English speaking groups may need interpreters. Hospitals should have arrangements in place to provide language support, including interpretation and translation (including sign language and Braille).This information should comply with...
Patients from non-English speaking groups may need interpreters. Hospitals should have arrangements in place to provide language support, including interpretation and translation (including sign language and Braille).This information should comply with the NHS England ‘Accessible information Standard’.87 Patients with learning and other difficulties may need special assistance and consideration.
Particular consideration should be given to the problems of using infusion pumps. All non-essential pumps and equipment should be removed from the patient before entering the magnetic field. MRI compatible infusion pumps should be available wherever an...
Particular consideration should be given to the problems of using infusion pumps. All non-essential pumps and equipment should be removed from the patient before entering the magnetic field. MRI compatible infusion pumps should be available wherever anaesthesia is provided regularly. Infusions with extra-long giving sets can be used when MRI-specific pumps are not available.43