Order of speakers may change:
2.00-2.05 pm
The Annual General Meeting of the Section of Anaesthesia will take place immediately prior to the symposium to formally elect new Office bearers and members of Council
2.05-2.45 pm
Embedding research in NHS care for patient and service value
Presidential Address of Professor Paul Dark, NIHR Deputy Medical Director, National Coordinating Centre, Leeds and London; NIHR Senior Investigator, Chair of Critical Care Medicine, University of Manchester & Honorary Clinical Consultant, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Outline of lecture:
In my presidential address I will set out the case for national, systematically organised clinical research being pivotal to provide evidence to drive effective health and care policy for patient and service value. I will cover the background to the new General Medical Council (2024) professional standards for healthcare professionals to normalise research in their everyday practice, and identify mechanisms tp support and monitor nationally. I will then set the scene for application in the settings of anaesthesia, perioperative, pain and critical care medicine, signposting the talks of the other speakers.
Learning objectives:
- To identify the background and changes to GMC Good Medical Practice (2024) professional standards with regard to normalising research in
- health and care.
- To identify support for healthcare professionals, trainees and students in career development and training in health and care clinical research.
- To consider applying the concepts of normalising research to the settings of anaesthesia, perioperative, pain and critical care medicine.
2.45-3.25 pm
Developing national research and innovation in anaesthesia
Professor Mike Grocott, Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University of Southampton; Vice-chair of the board of the UK national Centre for Perioperative Care
Outline of lecture:
The NIHR has transformed the research landscape in the UK and provides multiple opportunities for researchers from experimental medicine to implementation science and health services research. Within anaesthesia, perioperative care and pain, the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia brings together the major non-NIHR funders of research to provide a coordinated grant administration and address strategic research issues. New opportunities are emerging in perioperative care with the development of a national Centre for Perioperative Care and recognition that there are substantial opportunities to contribute to improving quality and value within the NHS.
Learning objectives:
- The role of the NIHR in the UK research landscape
- The role of the NIAA and its founding partners in the UK anaesthesia/perioperative care research landscape
- Opportunities for developing anaesthesia/perioperative care research in the UK
3.25-3.35 pm
Short break
3.35-4.15 pm
Developing and delivering research and innovation in your peri-operative service
Professor Anton Krige, Consultant Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Lead, East Lancashire Care NHS Trust; Speciality lead for Anaesthesia NIHR Greater Manchester CRN School of Medicine
Learning objectives:
- Perioperative research landscape & research infrastructure
- How to develop perioperative innovation
- How to develop perioperative research
4.15-4.55 pm
Supporting and developing research workforce training and education
Professor Charlotte Summers, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine and Director of Clinical Academic Training, University of Cambridge
This event is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists for 2.5 CPD credits