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Anaesthetists Warn of Growing Workforce Crisis

Patients across the UK are missing out on an estimated 1.4 million operations and procedures each year, due to a significant shortage of anaesthetists. That's according to a new manifesto from the ...
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Latest UK data shows rising age, rates of obesity and comorbidity in surgical patients requiring anaesthesia, increasing the pressure on the already overloaded NHS

Snapshot survey data from the 7 th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (NAP7) published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) reveals an extremely ...
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National analysis suggests that potentially serious complications occur in 1 in 18 procedures under the care of an anaesthetist

New survey data from the 7 th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (NAP7) published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that potentially ...
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Anaesthetists Highlight Potential Risks During Procedures

Potentially serious complications occurred in one in 18 procedures under the care of an anaesthetist in UK hospitals, according to a national audit by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCA). Risks ...