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Joint online seminar with the Association of Anaesthetists

We are excited to announce the next in our series of joint webinars with the Association of Anaesthetists. Entitled Regional Anaesthesia: Back to the Basics, and organised by Dr Maria Paz Sebastian and Dr Sim West, it will offer something for everyone, from beginners to enthusiasts in regional anaesthesia, it brings national and international experts together on important topics to help you succeed in your blocks, improve your skills & widen your knowledge in regional anaesthesia.

It will be held online on the morning of the 20th February.

Speakers this year include: Dr Bridget Pulos from the Mayo Clinic and Dr Laura Giron-Arango from Toronto Western.

Further details, and booking are found on the AoA website

Website back up

Apologies for those experiencing difficulties accessing our website recently, or trying to join the society. We have been working hard behind the scenes to get this back up and running, and now we're happy to announce all seems well. If you have any issues accessing any part of the site/logging in or anything else, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll investigate. Thanks.

Joining RA-UK 2022

Now we are at the tail end of 2022, any members joining RA-UK will have their memberships started in 2023. We will endeavour to send out handbooks to new members anyway, but please be patient as we are swapping over membership management, so handbooks are in transit. Thanks for your patience.

New webinars available for members

We have two new webinars available exclusively for members.

Firstly, from last year, "Confronting the Dark Side of regional anaesthesia", featuring talks about nerve injury, managing failed blocks and coagulation, as well as on how to monitor follow up, teaching during the pandemic and how to measure quality.

And secondly, from this year,  "Innovation in regional anaesthesia", featuring talks on new devices, new drugs, new blocks, new horizons and a cautionary tale to end it.

You can access both these videos by logging into the website, and they will appear in the webinar menu, along with other previous member only webinars. We hope you enjoy them.

Buddy scheme launched

We are pleased to announce the launch of our RA-UK buddy system. 

This is designed to link up trainees and people new to RA with an experienced consultant or SAS who can help out with queries, support training, and generally try to help that person progress towards expertise.

Full details of the scheme can be found here, and the link will be permamently in the resources menu.