Working a night shift? 🌙
7. Breaks are essential: work as a team to cover each other for these
8. Plan how you will get home. Is there an option other than driving?
9. Be vigilant for the 04:00 dip: your lowest physiological point
#WorldSleepDay sleep tips for busy clinicians 💤
4. Invest in blackout blinds or an eye mask (the absence of light stimulates melatonin release!)
5. Avoid using electronic devices for 30-60 min before bed
6. Eliminate unwanted sound with earplugs
This #WorldSleepDay, we’re sharing 9 tips to help medical professionals manage fatigue and sleep better. 💤
1. Exercise regularly, but not too close to bedtime
2. Write a ‘to do’ list rather than thinking of one as you try to sleep
3. Accept help with tasks you can delegate
This #WorldSleepDay, we recognise that anaesthetists and resident doctors often work long hours, night shifts and irregular schedules, which can make getting restorative sleep especially difficult.
That's why we offer resources to help you combat fatigue.
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The Future Leaders in Anaesthesia programme has begun. 🎉
21 delegates have started a new programme developed in partnership with @bayesbschool.bsky.social! Participants will be exploring the leadership landscape and building networks with peers across the NHS. 👩⚕️
#BayesExecutiveEducation
Live local to Leeds? 📍
Join us on 19 May for a full day of CPD and anaesthesia updates near you.
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Stay up to date with the latest in peri-operative medicine and allergy management.
Our new Core Topics article on Plan A blocks is published! @anaesjournal.bsky.social @elboghdadly.bsky.social @lloydturbitt.bsky.social @ra-uk.org @assocanaes.bsky.social @stanfordanes.bsky.social @asahq.bsky.social
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Shift work, on-call duties, and long days can affect your circadian rhythm and restorative sleep. In the lead up to #WorldSleepDay, Practitioner Health will be sharing a variety of resources that can help you to improve your sleep health! @assocanaes.bsky.social
🌟 Showcase your work at the UK’s largest gathering of anaesthetists!
This is your opportunity to present your research, share your findings with peers from across the UK and beyond, and strengthen your professional profile.
Share your expertise 👉️ buff.ly/U4fUsgM
Join the Resident Doctors Committee!
This is your opportunity to help shape the future of the specialty and ensure that you and your colleagues are well-represented.
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Last week we had a fabulous time in Belfast for our Core Topics event (pictured!)
There’s now just six weeks to go until Core Topics in Exeter 🎇
See the programme and book 👉️ buff.ly/A3FcK5e
Resident anaesthetists - displaying your work at a major conference is a great way to improve your CV!
We are still accepting late-breaking abstracts for Resident Doctors Conference, where you can display your research via ePoster 🔗 buff.ly/Z6mZQ0i
Submit your abstract by 25 March 📅
🎉 It's International Women’s Day!
To mark the occasion, we spoke with three inspiring doctors about the women who have influenced, mentored, and supported them throughout their careers in anaesthesia.
#IWD2026 #ForAllWomenAndGirls
👩⚕️Ahead of International Women’s Day, we’ve published a new brief on women in anaesthesia.
Our specialty has a diverse workforce, with a growing number of women working in anaesthesia. Yet disparities in recruitment, career progression, and workplace safety remain.
Read the brief: shorturl.at/Qx8v1
⭐Members also receive a discount of 30% in the anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care collections with Cambridge University Press!
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📚 Get 35% off Scion Publishing books, with some proceeds supporting SAFE with WFSA to improve access to safe anaesthesia worldwide.
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📚 It's World Book Day
We’re committed to helping make professional development and staying up to date as accessible as possible for everyone in our specialty. So to celebrate, we’re highlighting three book discounts available to members. 👇
#WorldBookDay #GoAllIn2026
🩺 New guidance on the peri‑operative management of diabetes mellitus
We’re sharing 10 recommendations which aim to enhance safety and improve overall outcomes for patients with diabetes undergoing surgery. 💉
Read the full guidelines: shorturl.at/C3ArL
#Anaesthesia #Diabetesmellitus
We are calling on our SAS members to join our Board of Trustees.
This is your chance to champion the interests of SAS colleagues and ensure those who play an essential part in the speciality are represented at the highest level. 👇
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🩸 Fibrinogen in Major Haemorrhage
Join us on 21 April for a free webinar exploring the growing evidence for fibrinogen concentrates in optimising perioperative management of acquired fibrinogen deficiency in cardiac surgery, obstetrics and trauma.
Kindly sponsored by Octapharma.
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In the latest episode of our podcast Coffee and a Gas: PTSD, imposter syndrome, and trauma in medicine
This episode reflects on traumatic experiences in training and the psychological impacts that follow, acknowledging the importance of humanity in wellbeing.
Listen on Spotify: shorturl.at/mBU3C
Near to Manchester? Join us for a day of CPD on 7 May 2026.
Look forward to learning about surgey and prehabilitation in Greater Manchester, as well as futher afield - GADP work in Zambia.
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We welcome the launch of the Being Open Framework for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland and support the framework’s aims around creating a more transparent and fair health service.
Read our full response 👉️ buff.ly/IC46gde
🔊🚨 Research Project Grant call - opportunities now live!
We’re supporting research in key priority areas, including: patient safety, innovation, clinical outcomes, education and training, professional standards, environmental sustainability, among others.
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Surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with increased morbidity and mortality compared with those who do not have diabetes.
This consensus statement provides principles of management of diabetes to be applied throughout the entire peri-operative pathway 👉️ buff.ly/2dlJtEJ
From major trauma to GLP-1 agonists. Core Topics Exeter is back, bringing together practical updates and thought-provoking sessions across anaesthesia. Full programme coming soon, see booking page for more details 👉️ buff.ly/tmAsdYf
