Dr Claire Shannon

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Wishing all our members and supporters a joyful, festive break and a happy, healthy New Year.

The December newsletter is out 📰 Check your inboxes for your copy 📥 It features👇 ➡️ My Christmas video message ➡️ Two National Patient Safety Alerts ➡️ Portfolio Pathway webinar ➡️ Volunteering opportunities

The October newsletter is out 📰 Check your inboxes for your copy 🤳 It features 👇 ➡️NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan – call for evidence ➡️Clinical Performance Exam blog ➡️2026 Research Fellowships ➡️Our new standard for equity, diversity and inclusion

✉️ Please check your inboxes for the September issue of President's News, featuring: ▶️ College Council nominations opening ▶️Our new Wales manifesto ▶️Reasonable adjustments for FRCA exams ▶️Innovation Symposium event

📣 Nominations for election to Council are open! If you're a consultant or anaesthetist in training, nominate yourself by 13 Oct to: ☑️Influence our professional policy ☑️Help shape & deliver our strategy ☑️Represent the College More info 👉 ow.ly/uecz50WVjYq

📧Please check your inboxes for the August issue of President's News, featuring: ▶️Free webinars for anaesthetists in training ▶️Updates on our Faculty leadership ▶️Winter Symposium poster competition ▶️Volunteer opportunities

We've emailed members exciting news: we've secured a new home for the College, @FICMNews & @FacultyPainMed This milestone is shaped by member feedback, guided by our shared principles and focused on the future. See your inbox for more, or read online: ow.ly/7WoX50WuO8j

Our latest SNAP3 blog by Prof Iain Moppett and Dr Claire Swarbrick explores the importance of identifying frailty in older patients who require surgical procedures, through the use of tools such as the Clinical Frailty Scale. Read more👉 ow.ly/Q6HQ50WwxFa

Did you know research is one of our four charitable objectives? In her President’s View in our Summer Bulletin, @RCoAPresident outlines our work to build research capacity and resilience. From NAPs to SNAPs and much more! 📖 Read it here 👉 ow.ly/TF3950Wu5ay

It's nomination time!🏆 Have you worked with an exceptional colleague or team whose talents have yet to be recognised & celebrated? We have College Awards to suit all kinds of contributions to our specialty and any member can nominate. Find out how👉 ow.ly/THns50Wtcnb

Our Summer Bulletin is out now📥 Check out our interactive teaser 👉ow.ly/c6Ip50Wj7Vq And remember to check your mailbox for the full version 📥

📥Please check your inboxes for the July issue of President's News, featuring: ▶️Free webinars for anaesthetists in training ▶️Initial response to the Leng Review and 10 Year Health Plan ▶️New patient information search tool ▶️Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety

President’s News is out 📥 Check your inboxes for the latest news and insights including: 🔹Our response to the Spending Review 🔹Submission to NHSE Training Review 🔹Free webinar on stages 2&3 of training 🔹New CPOC resources 🔹Emergency laparotomy survey

The latest President's News is out now. Please check your inboxes for all the latest news, including 👇 🔹SNAP 3 results 🔹Autonomy and progression for SAS anaesthetists 🔹Guidance on safe staffing 🔹NAP8 local coordinators 🔹New GPAS AI assistant

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek celebrates community. At work supportive leadership is key. We recommend that every anaesthesia department has a Wellbeing Lead to support the health of staff. Find a job description and person spec on our website: ow.ly/Qt5Q50TrKe9

April President's News is out now! Please check your inboxes for all the latest news, including 👇 🔹Complete our 2025 Census 🔹NHSE review of postgraduate medical training 🔹New QI education guidance 🔹Free webinar on CPD and the LLP 🔹Digital Content Fellow opportunity

The Spring issue of the Bulletin is out now! As our editor @drjonchambers1 says in his introduction, whilst change is inevitable, this training issue clearly demonstrates how our specialty continues to rise to meet the challenge of change. ow.ly/YWql50VtS3y

Have you booked your place at our flagship conference #Anaesthesia2025? This year we are in Belfast. It's a great city to visit and now you have the best reason to go! Join us for this unmissable event. 20 - 22 May. Book now: ow.ly/VNhH50VpxC3 @VisitBelfast

Join us at #EBPOM World Congress 2025 for the John Snow Lecture, delivered this year by @RCoAPresident Dr Claire Shannon. John Snow was the father of modern epidemiology, who transformed public health with his work on cholera mapping. #EBPOM2025 #PerioperativeMedicine