Carolyn is consultant anaesthetist with clinical sessions covering pre operative assessment, general and obstetric anaesthesia and the Associate Medical Director for transformation at St Georges, Epsom and St Helier hospital group. She is currently leading a 2-year project with THIS Institute in Cambridge University to use novel methods to improve the timeliness of emergency laparotomy, and was the QI lead of NELA for 10 years. She is an editor of ‘Raising the Standards’, the Royal College of Anaesthetists Improvement compendium. Carolyn has recently been elected to the Council of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
David is a Consultant specialising in Upper Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Wall Surgery at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. He pursued his undergraduate studies at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospitals Medical School in London. He undertook specialist training both in the UK and abroad including clinical attachment in Australia, a Trauma Fellowship in Cape Town, South Africa, and a Fellowship in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
David has been a Council member of the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) since 2018, where he also served as the Editor of the Journal of One Day Surgery until December 2021. He was appointed as President of BADS in June 2023. In this capacity, David has collaborated closely with various national entities, including NHS England through initiatives including the Getting it Right First Time (GiRFT) programme, to promote excellence and optimise the delivery of day surgery services across the UK.
I am an Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon. I trained as a General Surgeon, and initially subspecialised in Breast & Endocrine Surgery. I have now focused on Breast Cancer/ Surgery since working at Guy's Breast Unit from November 2018.
I work in Derby and have a Lead role for Day Surgery and day surgery Pre-operative assessment there. For the last 20 years I have been interested in Day Surgery and worked as a Consultant Anaesthetist in Urology, general surgery and ENT specialties in particular. I have helped develop our day surgery unit and move pathways towards same day discharge.
I have a specific interest in pre-operative assessment for Day Surgery and have developed a virtual multidisciplinary team review clinic aimed at increasing the number and complexity of patients offered day surgery.
I like to teach Day Surgery principles to many members of the day surgery team, both locally and Nationally including HCUK/ BADS conferences. I am the author of the chapter on Day Surgery in the Textbook of Anaesthesia used by many anaesthetic trainees and the GPAS Day Surgery Chapter for 2023 2024 and 2025 with the Royal College of Anaesthetists. I am currently involved in producing the international manual for ambulatory surgery.
I sit on BADS council with the aim of expanding education and my involvement in Day Surgery further and represent BADS at the IAAS on an International level.
Ranjit Kirton, MSc, MBPsS
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Mr Sanjith Gnanappiragasam is a consultant urologist and lead stone specialist at Kings College NHS Trust.