Posts by Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists
Free webinar 🚨
Optimizing TIVA in Paediatric Anaesthesia Practices
🗓️ 15 April 2026 | 🕔 5pm (UK) | 💷 Free
Expert talks from Peter Brooks & Thomas Blanks on TIVA + pEEG in children.
Don’t miss it 👇 Save link in the comments.
#PaedsAnaesthesia #TIVA #ESPA #APAGBI
📢 APAGBI Members – Your Vote Matters!
Voting emails have been sent out for the election of our next Home Member of the APAGBI Council.
🗳️ If you’re a Full or Honorary member, please check your inbox (and junk folder just in case!) and take a moment to have your say.
#PaedAnaes #HaveYourSay #APAGBI
✨ Delighted to share that the PINEAPPLE study 🍍 is now published in Pediatric Anaesthesia!
A PATRN & APAGBI 🇬🇧 multi-centre study highlighting the importance of paediatric pre-op assessment in reducing anxiety & on-the-day cancellations.
🔗 Read more: apagbi.org.uk/news/latest-news
#PaediAnaes #preop
Survey Deadline Extended until 30th March! 📋✅ Don’t wait…contribute today to this important piece of work!
So pleased with our new preassessment equipment- encouraging play @apagbi.org.uk @rcoanews.bsky.social
📢 Abstract deadline extended!
Submissions for the APAGBI Annual Scientific Meeting, Plymouth 2026 are now open until Wednesday 25 March ⏳
Research • QI • Education • Clinical cases
Submit now and share your work in paediatric anaesthesia 👶🩺
#APAGBI #PaediatricAnaesthesia #MedEd #QI #MedicalResearch
New RCoA resources for supporting your child through anaesthesia and surgery
✨ New resource! ✨
We’ve teamed up with the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists to help parents support children through anaesthesia and surgery.
Find tips to help kids feel safe and prepared.
Download and share 👉 https://ow.ly/lC1350YpKgZ
#Ansky #Medsky
📢 Paediatric Fluid Fasting Survey - your help needed!
We are mapping current practice. Your input will inform the update to our National Position Statement on Clear Fluid Fasting
✅ Don’t delay - take the survey today
#PaediatricAnaesthesia #PreoperativeCare #PPOC
Our Neonatal Anaesthesia Network (NAN-UK) is now established!
We’re assessing training exposure, preparedness and early consultant experience…
Our National Survey on Neonatal Anaesthesia Training is open…
Survey emailed via College Tutors & NAN-UK link persons.
Have your say!
#NeonatalAnaes #APAGBI
🚨 Swift Survey 2026 – closes 28 Feb!
Got a snap-shot survey idea in paediatric anaesthesia? 🧠💡
Submission for surveys is open! Selected projects will be developed with PATRN and shared at APAGBI ASM 📊
Info: apagbi.org.uk/patrn/patrn-swift-survey-2026
#PaediatricAnaesthesia #SwiftSurvey #PATRN
🧡 Little Lectures Webinar Series
📅 Mon 2 March | 7 - 8:30pm
Mediastinal mass in the paediatric patient
Expert perspectives from oncology (Dr Colin Thorbinson) & anaesthesia (Dr Pete Moran).
🎤 Moderated by Dr Babette Clinck
🎓 2 CPD points
Join via the QR! 📲
#PaediatricAnaesthesia #LittleLectures #CPD
🗳️ APAGBI Council elections are now open!
Stand for a four-year term and help shape paediatric anaesthesia, education, and national standards.
Open to active APAGBI members
⏰ Deadline: 22nd Feb
🔗 More info: www.apagbi.org.uk/our-council/...
#APAGBI #APA #PaediatricAnaesthesia #MedicalLeadership
Do you know an anaesthetic colleague who goes the extra mile in paediatric anaesthesia ⭐
Nominations are now open for the APAGBI Extra Mile Award in memory of Dr Mark Thomas.
Deadline: 30 March 2026
🔗 www.apagbi.org.uk/news/latest-...
#APAGBI #ExtraMileAward #PaediatricAnaesthesia #healthcareheroesُ
📣 PNAN Webinar – 20 March 2026
Join us for an afternoon of paediatric neuroanaesthesia education, including epilepsy surgery, IONM, neonatal emergency craniotomy & awake craniotomy.
🕒 13:15–16:30 | 💻 Live on Zoom | 🎓 3 CPD points (applied)
👉 Register via QR
#PaedsAnaesthesia #NeuroAnaesthesia #CPD
Tribute to our Past President Dr Mark Thomas, who was instrumental in furthering the agenda of pre-operative starvation in children.
Vote on our next 🔥🔥APA Hot Topic🔥🔥Can I QL block it?
#anaesthesia #paediatrics #siptilsend #apahottopic
www.apagbi.org.uk/hot
One of our most important 🔥🔥APA Hot Topic🔥🔥yet!
So many professionals encouraging children to maintain hydration prior to surgery.
Still not sure of the current consensus? Read the edu-torial. www.apagbi.org.uk/hot
🗳️ APAGBI Council elections are now open!
Stand for a four-year term and help shape paediatric anaesthesia, education, and national standards.
Open to active APAGBI members
⏰ Deadline: 22nd Feb
🔗 More info: www.apagbi.org.uk/our-council/...
#APAGBI #APA #PaediatricAnaesthesia #MedicalLeadership
⭐️Abstract submission is now open for APAGBI ASM 2026 in Plymouth⭐️
Share your work and be part of the programme!
🗓️Deadline: 16 March
Submit: apagbievents.co.uk/abstract-submission
#APAGBI #ASM2026 #PaediatricAnaesthesia #MedicalResearch #Anaesthesia
𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗞→𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹! 🎈🌉 💉 #RAUK26
Bridges, Balloons and Blocks.
Two days. Big speakers. A city full of bold ideas (and iconic street art).
🌍 Where are you coming from? Tell us 👇
👀 Speaker preview
🗓️ 7–8th May 2026
📍 Bristol Beacon
➡️ ra-uk.org/asm
Our council members have been busy! 🧳✨
Last week, Dr Zoe Burton represented us alongside CPOC and SOBA, at an event hosted by the Obesity Health Alliance, playing a key role in shaping the discussion on the “sickness and illness prevention” Thank you Zoe! 👏#perioperativecare #childhealth #leadership
APAGBI Link Network Meeting Sheffield!
Highlights:
💧 “Sip ’til Send” & “Fitter, Better, Sooner”
🧸 RA & pain management updates
❤️ Cardiac anaesthesia
🏥 Daycase tonsillectomy
🖥️ Gastric US demos
📊 NAP7 & paeds trauma lessons
Huge thanks to Dr Zoe Burton for organising! 👏
#APAGBI #PaedsAnaes #MedEd
Thank you Dr Jonathan Smith and Dr Sophie Liu for your incredible talks….lessons from NAP 7 and Paediatric Trauma Management.
If you feel like you missed out? Join us at our ASM June 2026!
For now our podcast on NAP 7 & paediatric trauma manual are available on our website #linknetwork #paedianaes
High yield Research Update! Thank you so much Dr Nellie Divani…
• Esketamine ⬇️ postop delirium in tonsillectomy
• Pre-op paracetamol: IV prior KTS (PO 30–60 mins)
• NSAIDs safe at appropriate dosing – no ⬆️ bleeding risk
Gastric US, airway safety, Polytrauma update + dexmedetomidine highlights!
🚀 Our first APA Link Network meeting in Sheffield!
We start strong with the new APAGBI fasting guidelines for children undergoing GA.
Clear, simplified, and child-centred guidance to improve safety and comfort — ‘sip til send to theatre’ for clear fluids💧
#APAGBI #PaedAnaes #LinkNetwork #Sheffield
APAGBI Link-Network Meeting 2026
There’s still time! Sheffield is the place to be for paediatric anaesthesia updates, insights, and some honestly amazing speakers 🙌
#PaedsAnaes #MedEd #Network
🎤 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT – APAGBI Link-Network 2025
Join us for an inspiring day of innovation & collaboration!
🩺 Dr Jonathan Smith – Lessons from NAP7
🩺 Dr Ravi Thevasagayam & 🩺 Dr Simon Courtman – Daycase Paediatric Adenotonsillectomy
Register Now (see link in comments)
#APAGBI #PaediatricAnaesthesia
📣 Final call for abstracts! Got a great project or idea to share? Submit by 17th October for the APAGBI LINK Network Meeting — 28 Nov, Sheffield
Don’t miss out!
#PaediatricAnaesthesia #APAGBI #medicaleducation #anaesthesia