Association of Anaesthetists SAS

The 10-year health plan for England is full of ambition & we welcome the acknowledgement that the NHS needs to make big, bold changes in order to be sustainable.

We eagerly await concrete details of how this vision becomes a plan and of how anaesthetists can play their part 👉 buff.ly/FjMmvvb

Smart and sustainable 👏

🥳New scrub cap day!!! Don’t I look smart with my new Association of Anaesthetists cap?! @assocsas.bsky.social @assocanaes.bsky.social

The NHS has not changed enough for those suffering from long-term conditions, says Suffolk MP A debate on long-term illnesses has sparked calls from a Suffolk MP for the NHS to evolve.

I’ve spoken with people across Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket about living with long-term conditions.

Last week, I took their cause to Parliament.

We must tackle disease, and the causes of disease.

www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmu...

Today, we've written to David Lammy MP, calling on the Government to take immediate action to prevent famine in Gaza.

As Israel continues their blockade of humanitarian aid, 1 in 5 people face imminent starvation and hospitals are running out of medicines fast.

www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...

Great to see this piece of work!

This, in addition to the #SASbyChoice handbook from @assocsas.bsky.social, are excellent documents for SAS doctors from our specialties & beyond

Please share widely with your colleagues

#SASsix #NHS #MedSky @rcempresident.bsky.social @rcem.ac.uk

We love a good SAS/LED handbook too. Yours looks great.

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The College’s EMSAS Doctor’s forum has just launched a practical and comprehensive guide to support the Emergency Medicine SAS workforce.

The ‘EMSAS Handbook’ provides essential information and useful links to help them navigate their chosen career field.

Read it here - tinyurl.com/4wr3ueec

Our response to NHS England's Medical Training Review highlights the current lack of training places, the inflexibility of training and the need for SAS doctors to be included in this work.

Read it here 🔗 buff.ly/YCYd4hu

An incredibly positive & forward-thinking event to be part of.

Proud that @bhrut-nhs.bsky.social was one of the first trusts to pledge to implement #SASsix and the increasing numbers of national organisations getting on board - @ics-updates.bsky.social being the latest

Let’s keep up the momentum!

And a huge thank you to @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social and @assocsas.bsky.social for hosting us at the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk !

Your support of #SASbyChoice doctors is so deeply appreciated

(Yes…that’s my face…)

#SASsix #NHS #MedTwiter

The #SASsix Campaign | The SAS Collective

www.sascollective.com/sassix Exiting trip to London today with @sascollective.com to talk about SAS careers and SASsix. More info to follow

Thanks to the @assocanaes.bsky.social for inviting @sascollective.com, and little old me, to come to this event.

It was great to refresh some relationships and meet some new people.

Alternative career pathways are the workforce solution we are all looking for, and the #SASsix is a roadmap.

“There is no such thing as a non-training doctor”.

Dr Emma Wain wonderfully summed up who SAS doctors are and why they’re so important at our SAS Doctors Reception.

@ecewain.bsky.social

Dr Toeima speaks for her motion online at SAS conference.

Excellent motion from Dr Eman Toeima, representing London South.

Motion carried by universal agreement.

We need to gather these data. Knowing how many SAS leaders there are allows us to assess the trends. Measuring this also sets the expectation that this is important.

#SASconf

The #SASsix policy calls are: Every early career SAS doctor should have access to an educational supervisor. All SAS doctors should have equity of access to professional development opportunities relevant to their stage of career. All specialty doctors who meet the required capabilities should have the opportunity to become specialists. Senior SAS doctors should be offered the opportunity to be educators at every level on a par with consultants e.g. educational supervisors, clinical supervisors, directors of medical education. All extended roles in leadership and management should be open to all substantive medical staff that is, consultants and appropriately experienced SAS doctors. All LEDs employed for more than two years within one NHS employer should be offered the opportunity to transfer to the appropriate SAS contract.

Am I followed by any MPs?

The @sascollective.com have been invited to a parliamentary event next week, hosted by @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social, on behalf of @assocanaes.bsky.social.

We'd love to see you there!

The future of the medical workforce will be defined by SAS careers.

#SASsix

Let’s make sure our Specialist, Associate Specialist, and Specialty (SAS) colleagues are recognised too! SAS doctors drive innovation, education, and inclusion every day—often without the spotlight.

Nominate an SAS anaesthetist👇
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#SASdoctors #Anaesthesia #SASsix #InclusionMatters

In this edition, nice to see some of our former @assocsas.bsky.social SAS committee members being honoured at the Winter Scientific meeting back in January. @robjimfleming.bsky.social and John Shubhaker. 👏

Yes

We’d like to confirm that our SAS doctors are also safe and well—currently more concerned with airways than airspace.

#SASdoctors #Anaesthesia #SASsix

SAS doctors do need more visibility. Even many healthcare colleagues are not 100% sure what it means when people identify as SAS or their individual SAS grade.

In theatre, at team brief, lets proudly say our name and SAS grade. anaesthetists.org/Portals/0/PD...

#SASanaesthetists

Eid Mubarak

Wishing Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim members, colleagues and friends.
Have a joyous Eid al-Fitr!

Members can read the March issue of our Anaesthesia News magazine, this time with a bit of a green theme - plenty of Irish authors and a commitment to sustainability.

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University of Lincoln's Grand Central Warehouse Library, with a bearded anaesthetist posing outside it.

I am delighted to announce that I've been appointed to @profjread.bsky.social 's team at the University of Lincoln, as a Clinical Associate Professor and Lead for Admissions for its Medical School.

Wish me luck!

The Leng Review into the role of PAs and AAs has launched its survey for healthcare professionals. We strongly encourage all anaesthetists to complete the survey and to make full use of the free text sections to elaborate on their views.

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The survey closes on 30 March.

The SAS Committee contributed to the Association's submission to the Leng Review.

Find it here 🔗https://buff.ly/4ikwMHT

(3/3) We’ve also published our new position statement on anaesthesia associates, including an update on what has changed since our last statement.

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We’ll continue to make our focus the hard-won patient safety gains of the specialty of anaesthesia.

📸 Pictured is our February advocacy update (1/3)

Thanks to our members we can hold meetings with key stakeholders – including politicians and other medical organisations – to make sure the specialty is represented in new policy developments and legislation.

✍️The Association welcomes findings set out in the GMC’s state of medical education and practice UK Workforce report 2024 that warn that the UK risks wasting the talents of tens of thousands of overlooked and undervalued locally employed (LE) doctors

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