Partners in Paediatrics

Paediatric Anaesthetic Network (PAN)

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Aim of Paediatric Anaesthetic Network:

The aims of the Network are to:

• To address the issues relating to the safe delivery of paediatric anaesthetic services across the region and partnership area;
• To ensure a comprehensive, quality service dedicated to the care of all paediatric patients;
• To develop educational packages dedicated to meeting the training and developmental needs of all staff.

Terms of Reference

Co-Chairs of Network :

Dr Richard Crombie, BHST (Consultant Anaesthetist /Joint Chair)		Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Rob Alcock (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		Robert Jones Agnes Hunt Hospital

Dr Richard Crombie Dr Rob Alcock

Network Members:

Dr Abigail Akita (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		Royal Wolverhampton Hospital
Dr Jana Bellin (Consultant Anaesthetist)		Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital
Dr Julian Berlet (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		Worcester Acute Hospital
Dr Imogen Billingham (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist/Joint Chair )		Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Dr Naula Bywater (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		Hereford Hospital
Dr Suja Chari (Consultant Anaesthetist)		University Hospital of Coventry & Warwickshire
Dr Alistair Cranston (Head of Anaesthetics)		Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Richard Crombie, BHST (Consultant Anaesthetist /Joint Chair)		Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Chris Emmett (Consultant Anaesthetist)		Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital
Dr Bernhard Freitag (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		Walsall Hospital
Dr Andrew George (Consultant Anaesthetist)		East Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Manab Haldar (Consultant Anaesthetist)		Burton Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Dori Ann McCulloch (Consultant Anaesthetist )		Mid Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Simon Mills (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		University Hospital North Staffordshire
Dr Simon Moore (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		Heart of England Hospital
Dr Randall Pearson (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		George Eliot Hospital
Dr Mick Rothwell (Consultant Anaesthetist)		East Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Alison Thwaites (Consultant Anaesthetist)		Sandwell & West Birmingham
Dr Duncan Watson (Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist)		University Hospital of Coventry & Warwickshire

About the Project:

Background information:

From the initial work undertaken by the Surgery Project Group, it became clear that a separate group needed to be formed, to address the specific issues related to the delivery of paediatric anaesthetic services - both within individual Trusts as well as across the Partnership area.

Subsequently, an initial meeting of anaesthetists took place in June 2003 in Wolverhampton to explore these issues. The meeting was convened by Andrew Tomlinson from UHNS and Alistair Cranston from BCH. The Trusts involved were those principally from the North West Midlands. Those who attended the meeting were requesting:
Links with specialist paediatric centres for ongoing training sessions
Guidance from the centres about which procedures should be carried out locally and which at specialist centres
Visits from the Centres to “peer review” the services being provided at DGHs.

It was agreed at that meeting that a Paediatric Anaesthetic Working Group should be set up to address the specific issues relating to the delivery of paediatric anaesthetic services, across the West Midlands and the wider partnership area.

A formal Working Group has now been set up and the first meeting was held on 19th March 2004 in Worcester ( see below for Minutes).

Project News:

At the last meeting of the PAN held on 3rd October, it was agreed that Richard Crombie will be the co-Chair of the Network for the next 3 years. Members of the Network thanked Dori Ann for all the hard work that she has undertaken over the past 3 years.

Recommendations for Acute Pain Management in Children

Members of the West Midlands Working Group of Partners in Paediatrics have developed this generic document which can be used by individual trusts. These guidelines provide direction to medical and nursing staff on the safe and effective relief of acute pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting. They also provide analgesic recipes, contact details and reference sources.

Copyright
Permission to use this document is given on the understanding that if the document is used as a starting point for a Trust's own guidelines that acknowledgement is given to the 'West Midlands Working Group of Partners in Paediatrics'. Document

Please contact the clinical lead for this work if you have any queries or comments to make:
Dr Tim Smith: Consultant Anaesthetist & Clinical Lead for Anaesthesia - Alexandra Hospital, Redditch. Email tim.smith@worcsacute.nhs.uk

Paediatric Anaesthetic Study Day - June 2010

Partners in Paediatrics Anaesthetic Study Day 2008

Thank you to all who attended the study day at Mid Staffordshire Hospital. The day was attended by a number of Anaesthetists from the PiP area. Also, thank you to the four excellent speakers below who shared extremely educational and informative presentations in the field of paediatric anaesthesia. For a full report from the day please click here

Forthcoming Meetings:

Friday, 11th March 2011

Wednesday, 15th June 2011

Thursday, 8th December 2011

All the meetings are held at Stafford PGMC - from 09:30hrs - 12:00hrs (lunch provided)

Forthcoming Event :

Study Day for Paediatric Anaesthesia for the General Anaesthetist

Provisional date: Thursday, 22nd September 2011

Watch here for further details