Hospitals with higher ratio of female surgeons, anaesthetists have better patient outcomes, according to a new study #UofT 🏥 uoft.me/awD

So in ten minutes the evil genius who is one of our GP anaesthetists (with a PhD in diaphragmatic mechanics) increased our rural hospitals ventilator capacity from one to nine!!!

We told the GMC that Associates needed to have a clearly-defined scope of practice so that the public could meaningfully distinguish them from doctors. They replied:

Last day on the paramedic Simulated placement South Tees Hospitals. Thank you to Dr Christopher Taylor and his team of Anaesthetists, who provided this session on airway management. What an amazing week 🥰.

We told the GMC that AAs and PAs cannot legally be considered part of the ‘medical profession’; and we wanted to know why Good Medical Practice refers to them 29 times as “medical professionals”. They replied:

Isn’t it time that the Regulator made it clear to the public what the “privileges of members admitted to Associate practice” actually means?

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Great to see Association of Anaesthetists at #EA24 ESAIC

Have a great time all, come say hello!

Are you joining us in November for our symposium?

This event is an opportunity for midwives, obstetricians, anaesthetists, paramedics & health care professionals interested in safety & quality improvements in maternity care, to share & build on ideas together 1/2

The NHS is short of nearly 100k staff, including:

2,000 A&E consultants
1,400 anaesthetists
2,500 GPs
1,900 radiologists
2,000 midwives
500 obstetricians

We are trying SO hard to treat rising Covid *and* the Covid backlog of care.

But the govt chose this.

They engineered it.

Wonder if us head & neck anaesthetists are going to get busier in the near future

We're underway at #Anaesthesia2024 day 2.

Some of our delegates share their highlights from day one.
What was yours?
It's not too late to join us - online tickets available for today and tomorrow.
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I’m standing for the board of the Association of Anaesthetists. If you‘re a member then the email from Civica Election Services with the voting link should have arrived by now. I’m going to expand on my election statement a bit here: 1/

College VP Dr Helgi presenting the Dudley Buxton prize for ‘meritorious work in anaesthesia or in a science contributing to the progress of anaesthesia' to Kariem. Congratulations Kariem! #Anaesthesia2024

Day 2 complete! Training delivered to 65 people over the course of 2 days.
We welcomed paramedics, GP’s, CCN’s, ITU nurses, paediatricians, anaesthetists, ED nurses, health visitors, theatre nurses and paediatric nurses! #empoweringothers #educatingguernsey #paedstrachycare

Hearing this morning from a colleague some compliments coming in for our SAS anaesthetists QEHanaesthesia Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust for their obstetric care. Well played Erik Fawcett, Kiran Rai, and Kambiz Kardan.

The GMC consultation on the rules for Physician and Anaesthesia Associates avoids consulting on the most important rule in the book - what may Associates actually do with patients? We have highlighted this failure to consult in our response,

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#BlackBurnout
Black UK anaesthetists represent 1.5%

Problems⤵️
“Being a Black woman is like being Black twice”
“I’m not seen in system”
Aggregated BME & Black
MACROaggressions

Solutions⤵️
LTFT
Say “No”
Be AntiRacist
IMG Masterclass
Call-out & Call-in

rcoa.ac.uk/black-anaesthe…

A team of LUTH Drs, anaesthetists & nurses delivered a woman with Covid19 of a baby girl this afternoon

40yr old mother & 3.3kg baby are doing fine

Our gratitude go to these gallant men & women & all warriors making d nation proud in d face of this scourge

#WeShallOvercome

'Why as anaesthetists should we be interested in sustainability?'
Dr Helgi answers this question posed by Ramai Santhirapala at #Anaesthesia2024 today.