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The Thames PAG is a clinical network of specialist and non-specialist consultant anaesthetists who have a responsibility for providing comprehensive anaesthesia services for children in the Thames region.
Meetings: Biannual at Great Ormond Street, for discussion of current topics, dissemination of national guidelines and to formulate regional suggested guidance.
Contact: Isabeau Walker (walkei@gosh.nhs.uk)
A newly established network centred around Brighton and hospitals in the South East which has been led by Duncan MacDonald and Kate Solan.
Contact: Dr Duncan McDonald (Duncan.McDonald@bsuh.nhs.uk) and Dr Kate Solan (Kate.Solan@bsuh.nhs.uk )
This network was established in 1993 and has several objectives:
Meetings: Annual meeting with attendance from all peninsula DGHs and regional centre to discuss current topics, hold debates, trainee prize presentation and organize regional audits. The meeting usually occurs in October of each year.
Chair: Simon Courtman (Plymouth)
Contact: Simon Courtman (simon.courtman@nhs.net)
East Midlands Contact: Dr Will Russell, Dr Paul Martin
Contact: Dr Sam Bass (sam.bass@addenbrookes.nhs.uk)
SPAN (Scottish Paediatric Anaesthetic Network)
Covers the 27 hospitals that provide care for children in Scotland
Chairman: Zuzana Kusnirikova
Secretary: Neal Willis
Website: www.span.scot.nhs.uk
Aims: (from constitution)
The Paediatric Anaesthetists Group of Wales (PAGW) was formed in 2002 under the Presidency of Dr Peter Lloyd Jones. It held its inaugural scientific meeting that year at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Powys The Group is affiliated to the Society of Anaesthetists in Wales and recognised as a regional body by Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (APAGBI).
Aims:
To encourage and coordinate research in the subject
Officers: President Dr Gill Dunn, Bridgend ; Immediate Past President Dr Linda Warnock, Bangor ; Honorary Secretary Dr Simon Whittaker, Swansea; Immediate Past Secretary Dr Declan Mahoney, Bangor; Treasurer Dr Steve Froom, Cardiff; Research Co-ordinator Dr Chris Gildersleve, Cardiff ; Trainee Representative Alun Thomas, Wales Deanery ; Web Administrator Dr Steve Froom, Cardiff, Website design Dr Peter L Jones (retd)
Contact: secretary@pagw.org.uk
Meeting: Annually. More can be found on the JAW website together with a programme and booking information.
Website: http://pagw.org.uk
Contacts: Dr Patrick Stewart (patrickstewart@mac.com)
Dr Anthony Chisakuta (anthony.chisakuta@belfasttrust.hscni.net)
Contact: Dr Bill Casey (billy.casey@olhsc.ie)
If you are interested in becoming a Linkman for your hospital please download the registration form »
Once completed please could you return it by email to: apagbiadministration@aagbi.org
Alternatively you can return the form by post to: APA Linkman Coordinator, Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland, 21 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PY or fax to: +44 207 631 4352
We need to continuously update our Linkmen database to ensure that it is current. Regional Networks are a valuable part of the paediatric anaesthesia community and the APA is keen to support their develpoment. So please contact us if you change Linkman or change contact details. If you have any enquiries regarding the database or wish to find out who the APA Linkman is for your region, please contact: apagbiadministraion@aagbi.org