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| Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland | |
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| Name | Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Abbreviation | APA |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | London |
| Region served | United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Membership | Anaesthetists, paediatricians, surgeons |
| Leader title | President |
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland is a professional association representing clinicians involved in perioperative care for children across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It promotes standards, education, research, and advocacy through collaboration with national and international bodies. The association interfaces with multiple hospitals, universities, regulatory agencies, and charitable organizations to improve paediatric anaesthesia care.
Founded in the 1980s amid growing subspecialisation in United Kingdom medicine, the association emerged during contemporaneous developments at institutions such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, and Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Early activity intersected with initiatives from Royal College of Anaesthetists, British Medical Association, Irish Medical Organisation, and specialist groups including European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology and American Society of Anesthesiologists. Influential figures from centres like Queen's Medical Centre, Birmingham Children's Hospital, St George's Hospital, and Leeds General Infirmary contributed to its formative conferences and working parties. The association's development paralleled policy shifts involving National Health Service (England) bodies, regional networks, and patient safety campaigns led by organisations such as Care Quality Commission and Health Service Executive.
The association is governed by an elected committee including a president, secretary, treasurer and regional representatives drawn from tertiary paediatric centres like John Radcliffe Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Temple Street Children's University Hospital, and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. Membership comprises consultant anaesthetists, trainee anaesthetists, paediatric intensivists, paediatric surgeons, and allied professionals affiliated with organisations such as Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Association of Anaesthetists, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, and university departments at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College London, University of Glasgow and Trinity College Dublin. The association liaises with NHS trusts, Health Boards like NHS Scotland and bodies including Department of Health and Social Care and Northern Ireland Department of Health.
The association runs quality improvement programmes, patient safety campaigns, and national audits collaborating with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health England, and charitable partners such as Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and WellChild. Initiatives address perioperative pathways at hospitals including Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Sheffield Children's Hospital, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Collaborative projects have linked to international partners like World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, International Paediatric Anaesthesia Network, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and Canadian Pediatric Society to share protocols and safety checklists inspired by work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital.
The association issues guidance on preoperative assessment, airway management, analgesia, and sedation that align with documents from Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, NHS England, and European Society of Anaesthesiology. Recommendations cover perioperative fasting, use of regional anaesthesia, and day-case surgery pathways influenced by evidence from trials at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, King's College Hospital, and research centres including Institute of Child Health. Standards address equipment lists for paediatric theatres, safe staffing models reflecting reports from Care Quality Commission inspections and policy documents from Health Service Executive and Medical Protection Society.
The association organises training courses, simulation workshops, and fellowship schemes in conjunction with academic departments at University of Edinburgh, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, Queen Mary University of London, University of Liverpool, and specialist units such as Great Ormond Street Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital. Curricula align with competencies from Royal College of Anaesthetists and examinations such as the FRCA and training pathways under Health Education England and Medical Council (Ireland). The association partners with simulation centres at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and collaborates with professional bodies like Association of Anaesthetists and Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians for continuing professional development.
Members contribute to multicentre trials, registries, and audits published in journals including Anaesthesia (journal), British Journal of Anaesthesia, Paediatric Anaesthesia (journal), The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, and BMJ. Collaborative research networks have produced work on airway devices, opioid stewardship, and perioperative outcomes with partners at University of CambridgeSchool of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Glasgow School of Medicine, and international collaborators such as Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine.
The association hosts annual scientific meetings with keynote speakers drawn from institutions like Great Ormond Street Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, SickKids Hospital, Royal College of Anaesthetists, and European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology. Events rotate among venues including Royal College of Physicians, Manchester Central, ICC Belfast, and ExCeL London. It grants awards and fellowships recognising research, education, and service, in parallel with honours from Royal Colleges and prizes such as those from Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research, British Medical Association, and charitable foundations supporting paediatric research.
Category:Medical associations based in the United Kingdom Category:Pediatric anaesthesia