Time to ask a different question: setting new goals for oncoanaesthesia
What should the new goals be?
• facilitating postoperative return to intended oncologic treatment
• optimising surgical conditions
• prehabilitation

Time to ask a different question: setting new goals for oncoanaesthesia
What should the new goals be?
• facilitating postoperative return to intended oncologic treatment
• optimising surgical conditions
• prehabilitation
🌟 SAS Week starts here! 🌟
We’re kicking off SAS Week by shining a spotlight on SAS as a career choice.
➡️ Whether you’re already considering the SAS pathway or simply curious about what a SAS career could look like, join us in celebrating all things SAS this week!
🚨 Nominations are still open to join the RCoA Council.
We're looking for 👇
✅2 Consultants
✅1 SAS doctor
Elected members will join the Council in March 2027.
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➡️Latest in anaesthesia
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"In a clinically relevant ovine model of CPB, pre-existing heart failure impaired postoperative recovery of systemic and renal oxygen delivery and was associated with sustained and exacerbated renal medullary hypoxia, oliguria and renal histopathological injury."
What is the impact of heart failure on renal oxygenation and histopathological injury during and after cardiopulmonary bypass... in sheep!?
⚠️ CPB led to persistent renal medullary hypoxia, oliguria and increased renal inflammation.
Anaesthesia Research 2026 will bring the anaesthesia research community together in Southampton on 26–27 November.
🏆 Don’t miss the NIAA Research Award, celebrating excellence in anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and pain research.
This Black History Month, we’re celebrating the contributions, achievements and leadership of Black anaesthetists and healthcare professionals who have shaped our specialty and continue to inspire future generations.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/A5Qe50ZTs1L
Outcomes and complications of the pericapsular nerve group block with phenol for non-operative hip fracture management in patients living with frailty
Postoperative anaemia and long-term survival after cardiac surgery: adjustment, thresholds and denominators – a reply
Your voice matters!
Stand for election to RCoA Council, we're seeking passionate members to fill two Consultant vacancies and one SAS vacancy.
This is your opportunity to represent members & shape our specialty.
Nominate by 12 Oct 2026.
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Pericapsular nerve group block + phenol 6%
• for non-operative hip fracture management
• in patients living with frailty
⚠️ "is an effective, minimally invasive procedure for pain management in addition to opioid-based pain relief"
Matching management to anticipated hypotension risk during emergency tracheal intubation
"The authors advocated standardisation, but their data leave an earlier issue unresolved: whether management was aligned with the haemodynamic risk anticipated before induction." #AnSky
Sugammadex vs. neostigmine: the train-of-four counts too
"The appropriate clinical response to these data is therefore not ‘to switch to sugammadex’ but rather ‘to monitor quantitatively and choose the antagonist drug and dose accordingly’."
Our manifesto for the 2027 Northern Ireland Assembly election is here!
We've got 6 key policy asks for the next Northern Ireland executive 👇️
A consensus validation framework was developed for calibrating AI performance vs human expertise in femoral nerve segmentation on ultrasound.
⚠️ The AI model matched median human performance (Dice 0.72 vs. 0.60) & outperformed most individual annotators.