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SAS Week is a week-long celebration of specialty, associate specialist and specialist (SAS) doctors which runs from 14-18 October. Our aim is to raise the profile of this rewarding career path and the essential role they play in the provision of anaesthetic services to patients.
In February 2021 we launched Anaesthesia – fit for the future, our UK wide campaign on the anaesthetic workforce.
As part of the NHS 75th anniversary celebrations the NHS Assembly asked for insights from patients, carers and staff on key learnings from its recent past, as well as opportunities and challenges for the future.
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Dr Bruce Lindsay Taylor _ Lives of the Fellows
It's been a busy year for training at the College. Dr Thornton and Dr Chambers provide an overview of the work being delivered to ensure all aspects of training are rigorous and fit for purpose.
The 2021 SAS contract reform introduced a new strategic role to support the health and wellbeing of the SAS workforce, the ‘SAS Advocate’. This role provides an opportunity to challenge the status quo, and to potentially change the culture and expectations associated with being an SAS doctor.
The 2021 SAS contract reform introduced a new strategic role to support the health and wellbeing of the SAS workforce, the ‘SAS Advocate’. This role provides an opportunity to challenge the status quo, and to potentially change the culture and expectations associated with being an SAS doctor.
Perhaps the most common barrier to meaningful change is culture. Individuals and organisations can both be guilty of assuming that the status quo always exists for a reason. However, there is perhaps no more dangerous justification for continuing to do something than that ‘we have always done it this way’.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham tells us about their successful listening event to improve anaesthetic training.
Authors:
- Dr Catherine Browne, Anaesthetics Registrar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- Dr Emma Plunkett, Consultant Anaesthetist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- Dr Nancy Redfern, Consultant Anaesthetist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Six weeks into the academic year, 40 resident anaesthetists and Locally Employed Doctors gathered on a grey September morning in the Military Seminar Room.
The room was equipped with a flipchart, coloured pens, and a selection of baked goods — all designed to foster an atmosphere of collaboration and engagement.
Our event was facilitated by Nancy Redfern, a consultant anaesthetist from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who has extensive mentoring experience and who had facilitated a similar event in our organisation in 2023. Nancy began with a brief presentation that outlined the current context, the principles for enhancing staff wellbeing, and the change-management model guiding the event.
Announcement of the results of the Royal College of Anaesthetists 2021 Council elections.