Face to face interpreting services should be considered as most suitable, given the practical requirements for women in labour. However, telephone based services may be able to serve a greater number of languages and be more quickly mobilised, particularly out of hours.
All efforts should be made to ensure that anaesthetists in training receive adequate experience in emergency anaesthesia, and completion of workplace-based assessments should be supported.1 Departments should monitor the frequency and the nature of non-theatre calls to establish whether the anaesthetists in training receive appropriate support and training and the patients receive adequate care. Departments should use this...
Advice from a haematologist should be available at all times.
I write this month’s President’s View in the week following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. On behalf of the College, I extend our condolences to the Royal Family. I hope that the expression of admiration and love felt for the Queen worldwide has been of some comfort to them. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has long been a dedicated and supportive patron of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and our thoughts are with her at this time of personal sadness, with which many of us can empathise.
