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A tribute to Dr Aileen Adams CBE for her 100th birthday

She was the first woman to be elected dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists in 1985. Congratulations on becoming a centenarian, Aileen!

Aileen Kirkpatrick Adams was born in 1923 in Sheffield, where she qualified in medicine in 1945. She trained in anaesthesia at the Royal Free and Edgeware hospitals in London and at Bristol’s Frenchay Hospital under Dr Tom Wilton, and worked in Oxford under Sir Robert Macintosh. She also enjoyed a sojourn at the Massachusetts General Hospital under Henry Beecher. Finally, she was appointed as a consultant anaesthetist in Cambridge, England.

Fitter Better Sooner resources shortlisted for BMA Patient Information Award

Fitter Better Sooner patient information toolkit on preparing for surgery, shortlisted for the 2019 BMA Patient Information Awards.

Dr Edward Kingsmill Brownrigg

Biography of Dr Edward Kingsmill Brownrigg

Dr Humphrey Bowstead Wilson

Biography of Dr Humphrey Bowstead Wilson

Royal London Hospital Lighting the CANDLE for Quality Improvement

Drs Fletcher and Hunningher provide an overview of the quality improvement CANDLE programme held in September 2022 at the Royal London Hospital.

RCoA response to the consultation outcome on the regulation of medical associate professionals

The College is pleased that the consultation response confirms the government’s intention to introduce statutory regulation for physicians’ assistants (anaesthesia) (PA(A)s).

Heritage Series Episode 5: The Power of Observation

heritage Series Episode 5. The Power of Observation
In this episode Council Member Sarah Ramsay talks to retired Consultant Anaesthetist Simon Chadwick about how our perception of observation has changed over several generations of anaesthetists and how a trip to an art gallery can enhance our skills.

Postoperative care audits and quality improvement projects from the College’s Compendium of audit recipes could be considered.50 ...

Postoperative care audits and quality improvement projects from the College’s Compendium of audit recipes could be considered.⁵⁰

RCoA responds to Operating theatres: opportunities to reduce waiting lists

In response to the publication of NHS Improvement’s Operating theatres: opportunities to reduce waiting lists report.

Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 1, Mercy Ships

In this first episode of the Global Anaesthesia (GASOC) series, Dr Fiona Linton and Jan Man Wong speak with Dr Tamryn Miller and Katherine Horner about their career and experiences working as part of the Mercy Ships programme.

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