This leaflet is about the risk of developing a severe headache called a dural puncture headache after a spinal or epidural anaesthetic injection. It explains how it can happen and what can be done about it.
Dr James Watts is a consultant in anaesthesia and critical care medicine at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - he reflects on a year of working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following a fascinating lecture at the History of Anaesthesia Society’s Annual Meeting, Dr Rachel Wood calls on her fellow trainees to join the Society.