The Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland exists to further the clinical and research aspects of the specialty. Members are drawn from every type of hospital both in the UK and Ireland, and from further overseas. Members of the Association are also active in the fields of acute and chronic pain management, and paediatric intensive care. The Association has two meetings a year, one scientific and one for linkmen.

The Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britian and Ireland was formed in 1973 by a small group of UK based paediatric anaesthetists. Its aims are to promote high standards in the specialty through education and research. It advises other professional bodes on anaesthesia for children.

The APA has a current membership of 1000 including an overseas body.

Full Membership of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland is open to all substantive consultant anaesthetists with a stated interest in paediatric anaesthesia whose application is supported by an existing APA member.

Affiliate Membership is open to UK based locum consultant anaesthetists and substantive Staff and Associate Specialist anaesthetists, whose application is supported by an existing Full APA member.

Trainee membership is open to UK and Ireland based Specialist Registrars whose application is supported by a Full APA Member.

Members enjoy a reduced subscription to the journal Pediatric Anesthesia.

If you wish to become a member of the APA please click on the appropriate link below to download an application form. Please print this off and send the completed form to the Honorary Secretary at the address below.

Download application for Membership form

Download application for Affiliate Membership form

Download application for Trainee Membership Form

All information provided is held in confidence and will only be available on the Members Secure Area of this website. 

The Honorary Secretary
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists
of Great Britain and Ireland
21 Portland Place
London
W1B 1PY

If you have any queries about mambership please email us on apagbiadministration@aagbi.org 

The Annual Scientific Meeting is held in May each year in the UK or Ireland over 2 or 3 days. Free paper and poster presentations form an important part of this meeting and an annual prize is awarded for the best paper presented by an anaesthetist in training. All papers submitted are reviewed by a scientific sub-committee. The meeting is accompanied by a lively social programme and the Annual General Meeting. The APA supports and jointly organises a number of international meetings of Paediatric Anaesthesia.  

The APA sponsors lecturers to attend paediatric anaesthetic meetings in Europe and beyond. It has recently supported the development of a research fund from which grants are awarded on an annual basis. Abstracts from the Annual Scientific Meeting are published in Paediatric Anaesthesia.  

A system of interdepartmental visits was piloted in 1999 and continues between the major UK children's hospitals. The aim is to recognise and promote good practice. It is hoped that such a system can be extended to include paediatric anaesthetists in university and district general hospital departments.