NIAA Update: May 2021
Welcome to the May 2021 NIAA newsletter
As we look forward with some optimism to the rest of 2021 we are encouraged by the continued lifting of national restrictions and hope that you and your loved ones remain safe and well.
SAVE THE DATE: Anaesthesia Research 2021
10 - 11 November 2021
We are so excited to confirm that Anaesthesia Research will be back; this year across 2-days of virtual content with NIAA partners including:
- Anaesthetic Research Society (ARS) / BJA Research Forum
- Association of Anaesthetists
- Anaesthesia
- Health Services Research Centre (HSRC)
- UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network (POMCTN)
More details here.
Stay tuned for the full programme, speakers and registration details which will be released in due course, and get in touch with us: info@niaa.org.uk if you want to be amongst the first to hear about it.
NAP7 launches on 16 June 2021
National Audit Project 7 (NAP7), studying perioperative cardiac arrest, will launch on 16 June 2021, after a one year delay due to COVID-19. As with previous NAPs, there will be three parts to NAP7: a baseline survey of all anaesthetists and anaesthesia associates to evaluate anaesthetists' previous experiences, preparedness and facilities; an individual case registry to provide detailed information about the occurrence, management and outcomes of all perioperative cardiac arrests over a 12 month period; and an activity survey to create a quantitative snapshot of anaesthetic activity in the UK. Both the baseline survey and case registry will launch in June, while the activity survey will launch this autumn. All reporting is confidential. The NAP7 team is, as always, immensely grateful to the anaesthetic community whose hard work enable these projects to run.
NAP7 Webinar
The NAP7 team will be holding a lunchtime webinar on Thursday 10 June to provide an overview of the project and to answer any questions before launch. All anaesthetists and anaesthesia associates are invited to attend this free event which will be held on Zoom. More information and registration here.
Learn more about NAP7 here and follow on Twitter @NAPS _ RCoA.
UKPOMCTN New Director
Following an open recruitment and interview process Dr Joyce Yeung has been confirmed as the new Director of the UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network (UKPOMCTN), following the end of Prof Rupert Pearse's term. Dr Yeung brings a wealth of experience most notably having been the POMCTN Deputy Director for the past three years and is also the Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Warwick and Honorary Consultant in Critical Care. She is also the Chief Investigator on the VITAL trial which was recently awarded £1.4m by the NIHR to test whether total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) is better than inhalational anaesthesia for patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery. Dr Yeung has some great plans for the POMCTN over the coming years, so stay tuned and find out more about the Network here.
BOOK NOW: HSRC Conference 2021
