Paediatric Anaesthetic Network (PAN)

Membership of the Paediatric Anaesthetic Network (PAN) includes the lead anaesthetists for paediatric anaesthesia from all the Trusts within the West Midlands and the wider ‘Partners in Paediatrics’ area - which includes Cheshire and Merseyside.

The Network is co-chaired by one representative from a specialist Children’s Hospital and one from a District General Hospital (DGH).  The current co-chairs are:
Dr Imogen Billingham, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Alder Hey Hospital, and Dr Richard Crombie, Consultant Anaesthetist at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.
 

The main aims of the Paediatric Anaesthetic Network are to:

Standards:
The Group has developed a set of Standards for the delivery of anaesthesia to children.  These Standards have been used in conjunction with those set out in the Standards of Care of Critically Ill and Critically Injured Children in the West Midlands and are used in the ‘Peer Review’ process.

Recommendations for Acute Pain Management in Children
Members of the Network 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'.

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. The document can be downloaded using the link below.

Training:
Members of the Network are developing a Paediatric Anaesthesia and Recovery Training (PART) package, which aims to improve the quality and consistency of training for theatre staff, in the care of paediatric patients.
The training will be aimed at anaesthetic and recovery practitioners who ordinarily care for adults to boost their skills and training in the care of children. 

If you would like further information about the training, that is being developed, please contact:
Dr Alison Thwaites, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
E-mail address: alison.thwaites@swbh.nhs.uk

Study Days:
Study Days are organised on an annual basis.  These address contemporary topics within the field of paediatric anaesthetics.
The next Study Day is scheduled for Thursday, 10th June 2010 at Stafford Post-Graduate Medical Centre

Documents:

Network Lead Clinicians are:  Dr Imogen Billingham, imogen.billingham@rlc.nhs.uk, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Alder Hey Hospital, and Dr Richard Crombie, richard.crombie@heartofengland.nhs.uk, Consultant Anaesthetist at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.

Network website: www.partnersinpaediatrics.org.uk
Network contact: Julia Greensall, julia@greensall.com, tel. 01676 530 285