Robert Carachi
retired Professor Surgical Paediatrics university of Glasgow.
Special interest. History of Nicol Father of Day surgery
Consultant paediatric anaesthetist in Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Special interests include surgical pre-assessment, total intravenous anaesthesia and airway surgery.
Consultant Anaesthetist. Clinical Lead for Children's Surgical Services. Interests children's anaesthesia, ENT and airway anaesthesia, TIVA, developing world anaesthesia teaching and clinical practice.
I provide operational leadership to the Nightingale Hospital, including SWAOC. I initially joined during it’s use as a covid-19 facility, and have worked closely with the clinical services through the Nightingale repurposing programme. I continue to provide operational management support to the facility, working closely with the clinical leads. My background is in operational management for acute trust services.
Sarah is the clinical lead physiotherapist at the South West Ambulatory Orthopaedic Centre. Sarah leads a physiotherapy and occupational therapy team in the delivery of pre and post op therapy in elective orthopaedics.
Charlotte Curl
Qualifications: BDS (Hons) FDS RCS(Eng) DSCD RCS (Eng) DipClinED FHEA
Charlotte is currently a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where she has worked since 2015.
She was previously a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry in Kent Community NHS Foundation Trust.
During her career, which started with House Officer and Senior House Officer Posts in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, she has worked in 4 Community Dental Services across the UK and for some years, she continued working part time as a Specialty Dentist in Maxillofacial Surgery and in General Practice on a part-time basis.
Charlotte’s particular interests are the management of patients with mental health issues, learning disabilities and dementia. She carries out comprehensive dental treatment under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation techniques and general anaesthesia for a diverse group of patients with differing additional needs.
In addition to her Special Care Duties at King’s, for the past 5 years, she has been the Dental Institute’s Patient Safety and Governance Lead and is also the President of the British Society of Special Care Dentistry.
Additionally, she is a Board Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, RCS England where she sits on the Education and Clinical Standards Committees.
Life journey started in East Africa, and from there schooling in Devonshire and University in London. Qualified from Kings College Hospital in 1993, completed my Basic Surgical Training in SW Thames and Higher Surgical Training NE Thames. My Fellowship year was spent studying lower limb Arthroplasty, Minimally Invasive Surgery and I have since developed an interest in Enhanced recovery (for which I am Orthopaedic lead in Fife). Saw the light and headed North into ‘The Kingdom’ to be appointed Orthopaedic Consultant in 2007.
I was Clinical Lead in Orthopaedics in NHS Fife from 2010-2015. I then held the position of Director of Surgery from 2016-19 and currently hold the position of Appraisal Lead for Secondary Care. From 2016-2020 I was chair of the Scottish Committee of Trauma and Orthopaedics and sat on the Council of the British Orthopaedic Association. I was appointed to the Council of the British Association of Day surgery in 2019 and since 2020 I have been the Orthopaedic Specialty advisor to the CMO.
In August 2018 visited Copenhagen to learn the techniques of Day Case Hip Replacement surgery and on 18/11/2018 performed the first successful Day Case Hip in Scotland. Since then the ERAS programme in Fife has gone from strength to strength with 20-25% of all my Hip Replacements now going home on day zero with an overall LoS of 1.7 days for all patients.
NHS Fife offers patients hip replacement day surgery - BBC News
Dr Robbie Erskine FRCA
Consultant Anæsthetist
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, UK
Trained in anæsthesia in Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. I have been a consultant in Derby since 1994. I have a special interest in regional and spinal anæsthesia. Areas of regular practice include vascular, trauma and orthopaedics, with a particular interest in regional anæsthesia for knee surgery and day case spinal anæsthesia. I have extensive experience in the use of Prilocaine and 2-chloroprocaine spinal anæsthesia since 2010. I have authored an educational article in BJA education on spinal anæsthesia in the ambulatory setting and have lectured on this subject extensively in the UK and Europe.
Outside work my main interests include family, cooking, running, garden and rebuilding classic cars.
I graduated from Edinburgh University and undertook my anaesthetic training in the West of Scotland moving to Tayside as a consultant. I have a special interest in pre-assessment and perioperative care.
Tammy Hayward is the team leader for day surgery ward at the Rotherham Foundation Trust hospital. The day surgery centre (DSC) cares for approximately 5000 patients per year, mainly patients having elective surgery but also some urgent surgery such as ambulatory trauma cases.
Tammy manages a team of 22 staff consisting of Registered Nurses (RN) and Health Care Assistants (HCA’s) who cover across two sites, DSC and theatre admissions unit (TAU) they work fluidly throughout the day across both sites depending on workload demands.
Tammy started her career doing an Advanced Diploma in Adult Nursing in 2000. She further developed by advancing to degree level. More recently in 2021, Tammy gained her nursing medical prescriber (NMP) status at Masters level.
Tammy has been instrumental in setting up the bespoke pathway for patients at Rotherham FT. The bespoke pathway is an individual patient centred approach to care that allows patients with complex needs to access health care who may be unable to access through routine NHS streams. She is passionate about the service DSC offers to these patients.
When not at work you can often find Tammy in her garden mowing the lawn, supervised by her cat and dog.
Dr Lindsay Hudman, Consultant Anaesthetist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the New Stobhill Hospital.
BADS meeting BIO
Dr Lindsay Hudman has been a Consultant Anaesthetist in Glasgow, working across Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the New Stobhill Hospital, since 2015. She has been the Anaesthetic lead for the local Arthroplasty ERAS Multidisciplinary group since 2018 and was an active contributor to the development of the Scottish ARISE (Arthroplasty Rehabilitation In Scotland Endeavour) Programme Database. She has been an ARISE steering group member since 2021. In 2020, she led the development of the successful day case and short stay arthroplasty programme at The New Stobhill Hospital in the wake of the COVID pandemic which she continues to monitor and develop. She is imminently taking up the role of Anaesthetic Lead for Day Surgery and the New Stobhill Hospital with a view to continuing to broaden the opportunities for day surgery across all specialities in North Glasgow.
For over 24yrs Jane Gostling has worked within Rotherham Foundation Trust Day Surgery Centre, originally as a newly qualified nurse working her way up to Deputy Ward Manger.
Jane completed her Advanced diploma in 1999, degree in Nursing Studies in 2002 and most recently successfully completed Non-medical Prescribing in 2021.
Rotherham Foundation Trust opened their purpose built Day Surgery Centre in 1995. The department consists of male/female pre-operative lounges, 6 consulting rooms, 19 beds/theatre trolleys and Post-operative male/female lounges. The unit receives patients back from all 11 of Rotherham Foundation Trusts theatres and has an approx. turnover of 5000 patients per year.
Jane works within all areas of Day Surgery pathway including the bespoke pathway which tailors care for more complex patients. This pathway was developed for patients who have been identified as not meeting the standard day surgery criteria but care via day surgery centre would be in the patient’s best interest and therefore an individual bespoke pathway is required. Examples of patient’s needs whom may require consideration of bespoke care pathway are a patient who needs a carer or prison officer to be with them at all times or in the immediate peri-operative period.
Jane lives with her husband, 3 teenage daughters, 2 dogs and a cat. When not at work you can find Jane spending time with her family and friends or walking her dogs.
Anaesthetist and Site Medical Director at King's College Hospital.
Jennifer is a registered ODP and a Clinical Manager for Quality Improvement in theatres. She has almost 25 years' experience in and around theatres. Most of these years were spent in large adult trusts in Liverpool, with the last 6 years in Paediatrics in Alder Hey Hospital. Jennifer has an ILM level 3 in Leadership & Management and is currently studying a level 5 Coaching qualification. She is also a trained Human Factors trainer.
Dr Fiona Martin is the Clinical Director for Critical Care at the Royal Devon University Hospital Trust (Eastern). She is a Consultant Anaesthetist and works regularly at SWAOC, having been involved from the start. In addition to this, she has an interest in shared decision making for high risk elective surgery/anaesthesia.
Lead Nurse for Nightingale I provide oversight on Governance including Safety and Quality as well as supporting the Nursing and AHP workforce.
Chris Payne is a General and Colorectal Surgeon with an interest in minimally invasive colorectal cancer and IBD surgery, as well as minimally invasive benign coloproctology. He is also the Clinical Director for Unscheduled Surgery in NHS Tayside.
Mary is joint clinical lead for SWAOC. She is a Consultant Anaesthetist at South Devon NHS Foundation Trust with a previous background in organic chemistry and pharmaceutical research. She has a strong interest in day surgery and was the clinical lead for day surgery in South Devon for 14 years working at the helm of their nationally recognised day surgery unit. She has been a member of the Council of the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) since 2009 and served as their president for three years, she is currently their representative on the International Association of Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS), General Assembly. She has published widely in the day surgery literature and lectures nationally and internationally on aspects of day surgery development and quality improvement. More recently Mary worked across the Devon System to improve day surgery services across the county, she has recently been appointed as the South West Regional Clinical for Day Surgery and Preoperative Assessment.
Lisa has worked in theatres throughout the UK for a number of years, predominately in the role of scrub practitioner. Previous roles include Matron for Theatres, Recovery, Same Day Admissions and Daycase Unit at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust and Matron for Theatres and Same Day Admissions Unit at Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital. Following 38 years in the NHS she is currently Head of Nursing for The Private Clinic of Harley Street.
Lisa is passionate about patient care and strives to create an environment of continuous quality improvement with a focus on safety, quality and improving the patient experience. She served as a Major in the Army Reserves for 18 years and completed three operational tours to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lisa was seconded from Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in July 2015 on a part time basis and continues to work for the CQC as a Specialist Advisor, having undertaken numerous Inspections in the NHS and Private Sector.
Lisa is a non- elected Trustee for The Association of Perioperative Practice (AfPP) AND has been a member of NATN/AfPP for a number of years. She represents AfPP on the steering group of the SAFE OR program, which supports and promotes safe standards in low/mid income countries. She has contributed to developing the program and has delivered multi-disciplinary teaching on courses in Africa, India, Bangladesh, and the UK.
SipTilSend is a forward-thinking approach to ending pre-operative fasting. Launched December 2021, SipTilSend has been implemented into scheduled and unscheduled surgery sites, obstetrics, endoscopy and radiological areas of practice. Over 120 sites worldwide have reached out to the team about the process and how to role out in their areas! For more information, follow @siptilsend on Twitter.
Matthew Checketts FRCA
Matthew is an anaesthetist or anesthesiologist as he prefers. He recently retired from the Scottish NHS after 35 years and lives in Perth. His clinical passion has always been working in orthopaedic theatres and has a long track record of service development and innovation. He introduced Fast Track arthroplasty to NHS Tayside in 2008 and founded the regional Pre Assessment service, theatre admission suite and more recently SipTilSend, abolishing preoperative fluid fasting for all surgical patients. SipTilSend is now sweeping the globe and coming to your hospital very soon
Matthew believes strongly in the power of harmonious teamwork in the operating theatre to achieve high quality, safe and productive work. He is committed to support the NHS, with his new project Surgical Teams which is an innovative solution to national workforce shortages to increase capacity to tackle long waiting times for orthopaedic patients. https://surgical-teams.com
Heaven’s Mixtape is his music radio show on Mixcloud and you can listen to it here https://www.mixcloud.com/HeavensMixtape/