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All patients undergoing anaesthesia should be under the care of a consultant anaesthetist whose name is recorded as part of the anaesthetic record.^2,3,4 A staff grade, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) grade anaesthetist could be the named anaesthetist on the anaesthetic record if local governance arrangements have agreed in advance that, based on the training...

If sedation is administered by an anaesthetist, then a suitably trained individual should be present to assist the anaesthetist.

Hospitals should consider involving an anaesthetist in the training of non-anaesthetists in the provision of safe sedation.