This is an international study of whether children with Covid-19 experience more hypoxia under anaesthesia than children without Covid-19. The study aims to collect data for all children in a convenient 2 week period between now and 31st October 2020 at participating centres. The data is entered into the REDCap system.
PDF of research plan: PAWS COVID-19 Research Plan
Poster for study: 
The RCPCH has published guidance on Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with Covid-19. It can be accessed at:
Some links to information about Covid-19:
Daily updated dashboard displaying Covid-19 cases updated daily: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=2c122cca2af644339cb636a9844672af
Information, guidance and resources (FICM, ICS, AoA & RCoA): https://icmanaesthesiacovid-19.org/
Donning PPE video: youtu.be/kKz_NGsNHC
Removing PPE video: youtu.be/oUo501JmLH0
We are sorry to let you know that we have cancelled our SPAN Spring meeting on 28th April 2020 following advice from the Scottish government regarding Covid-19.
We will aim to refund fees paid for the meeting shortly. (£110 consultants, £65 trainees, £20 nurse/ODP/ANP)
We hope to run a SPAN educational meeting in the autumn. If you have any suggestions for the meeting, please contact the committee.
The APA linkman meeting will be held in Belfast on 9th November 2020. Further details to follow.
The Annual Scientific Meeting of the APAGBI/ESPA which was to be in London 13th-15th May 2020 has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation.
Do you love Paeds? Neonates? Cardiac? Neuro? Craniofacial? Thoracic? Airway? ICM? Cardiac Cath?
Well look no further!
12-month fellowships at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow await, offering all the above and more!
Jobs are available for both pre- and post- CCT anaesthetists.
Closing dates are 28th January (post CCT) and 7th February (pre CCT), so don’t dilly-dally!
All you have to do is apply (and be successful at competitive interview, obvs…)
See the link below for details:
https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/_results.aspx?catID=®ionID=&orgID=&word=paediatric%20anaesthesia
At our 2020 meeting (28th April) we would like to raise awareness of the environmental impact of healthcare and sustainability in anaesthesia and would like you, our colleagues from Scotland and beyond, to present your own efforts in reducing the carbon footprint in your workplace.
We envisage this session as short (strictly 5 minute only!) slots for each speaker so we can allow as many innovations to be shared as possible in the time allocated.
We would like to invite anyone interested in presenting their efforts/achievements in reducing their carbon footprint to submit their work in a short (200 words) paragraph to us by email (nealwillis@nhs.net) before the 29th February 2020. There may not be enough time to allow all submissions to be presented, in this instance the committee will decide on who is invited to present and you will be contacted ASAP after the submission date. Please note this does not have to be specific to PAEDIATRIC theatres, we are looking for ideas and achievements from all! Theatre-specific would be of the most use to most of us, but there is still something to learn from taking the message out to the wards/canteens/shops.
This exercise is intended to showcase your efforts but also to share ideas with colleagues so we can all take something back to our own work that may be of use. There is no prize associated with this session, except the warm glow you’ll get from presenting in front of us. That is truly reward enough!
Scottish Paediatric Tracheostomy Initiative, Train the trainers day
29th October 2019, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
Contact: nealwillis@nhs.net
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to the joint APA Linkman/ SPAN meeting in Edinburgh on Monday the 4th of November 2019.
The talks will bring you:
Paediatric ENT UK review,
Updates in perioperative medicine,
Data analysis in paediatric anaesthesia
Coaching for resilience
and more..
The meeting will be at King Khalid Building at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
You will find all the details on the BookCPD website:
https://bookcpd.com/course/2019-joint-apa-linkman-span-conference
Looking forward to seeing you in Edinburgh
The SPAN Committee