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BARNA has been the leading voice for perioperative professionals since 1987.

We're dedicated to advancing excellence in anaesthesia and recovery care through education, research, and professional development

10/10/2026

New guideline to improve perioperative care for people with Parkinson’s disease 🩺

This week marks the launch of the first multidisciplinary pathway guideline for the perioperative care of people with Parkinson’s disease.

People with Parkinson’s may face unique challenges when undergoing surgery, including time-critical medication management, swallowing difficulties, mobility issues and an increased risk of perioperative complications.

The new guideline provides practical recommendations to support safer, coordinated and person-centred care across the entire perioperative pathway — from referral and preoperative assessment through to recovery, rehabilitation and discharge.

Key areas include:

•⁠ ⁠Time-critical Parkinson’s medication
•⁠ ⁠Swallowing and nil-by-mouth care
•⁠ ⁠Safe anaesthetic and perioperative planning
•⁠ ⁠Recognition and management of complications
•⁠ ⁠Multidisciplinary working and rehabilitation
•⁠ ⁠Early mobilisation and discharge planning

Read the full guideline and help us spread awareness across your networks.

🔗 Link in bio

https://cpoc.org.uk/guidelines-resources-guidelines/clinical-guideline-perioperative-care-people-parkinsons-disease

22/09/2026

We are just about 2 weeks away from our webinar on 10 October! There is still time to register for this event. Take time to learn about emerging evidence on adverse anaesthesia events noticed in Spain.

English Session: https://www.icpan.org/2026-webinar-registration---english.html

Spanish Session: https://www.icpan.org/2026-webinar-registration---spanish.html

21/09/2026

📣 What projects are you working on?

The Call for Abstracts for ICPAN 2027 is coming soon in November!

Abstracts will be invited for the upcoming ICPAN Conference in Halifax, Canada, in September 2027.

This is a great opportunity for periAnesthesia nurses to share work from areas such as:

• Quality improvement
• Education
• Research
• Innovation
• Clinical practice

🌎 What are you working on that others could learn from?

Start thinking now about a project, initiative, research study, or practice improvement you may want to submit and share with the international periAnesthesia community.

Stay tuned for the official Call for Abstracts in November!

From Shore to Shore: Connecting Perianesthesia Practice Worldwide

17/09/2026

Today we hosted a roundtable with 25 Recovery leaders. Thank you so much for coming - we have some amazing conversations to help generate the Quality indicator and benchmark standards for recovery settings! Thank you everyone.

06/09/2026

Just a reminder that we are hosting a leadership round table event on 17th September to support the work in developing quality indicators for Recovery care. If you wish to attend please contact us and we will forward the Teams link.
Thank you!

20/08/2026

It appears the first link we sent out for tonight’s webinar is broken. Please join via the reminder email sent at 19.30. Thank you

14/08/2026

Hi! Is anyone from any of the UK Children’s Hospitals in this group? I (Katie) just have a quick question about AP/ODP training! Thanks

13/07/2026

📢 Join us this Thursday for BARNA's latest educational webinar!

Discover how a quality improvement project increased postoperative delirium screening from 2.3% to over 70%, leading to earlier identification of patients at risk and improved confidence among recovery staff.

Whether you're a recovery nurse, anaesthetist, ODP, or part of the perioperative team, this webinar will provide practical ideas you can apply in your own clinical practice.

📅 16 July 2026
🕢 7:30–8:30 pm (BST)
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

🎟️ FREE for BARNA members (member promo code required)
💷 £5 for non-members

👉 Book your place today via Eventbrite! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/closing-the-gap-in-perioperative-delirium-detection-tickets-1990179213602

03/07/2026

BARNA are pleased to announce our next Webinar: Closing the Gap in postoperative Delirium Detection: Addressing Low Screening Rates in the Recovery room.

Postoperative Delirium (POD) is a common but frequently under-recognised complication associated with poorer patient outcomes, increased mortality, and longer hospital stays. Although national guidance recommends routine screening, putting this into practice remains a challenge.

Shubham Dave, a medical student entering his final year at Imperial College London, will present a quality improvement project conducted alongside the PACU team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as part of the Anaesthesia and Critical Care BSc programme. The project has recently been published in BMJ Open Quality and focused on improving perioperative delirium assessment through sustainable and practical interventions.

This webinar will showcase how PDSA methodology and behaviour change strategies were used to develop and embed a postoperative delirium screening programme within the Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU).

Key outcomes included:

✔️ Screening rates increasing from 2.3% to 71.6%
✔️ Identification of previously unrecognised cases of POD
✔️ Significant improvements in nursing confidence and guideline clarity
✔️ Practical, sustainable interventions with potential for wider implementation across healthcare organisations

Join us to explore the challenges, lessons learned, and practical strategies that can support meaningful improvements in perioperative patient care and patient safety.

Ideal for nurses, perioperative teams, anaesthetists, recovery staff, and healthcare professionals with an interest in quality improvement.

Free for BARNA members
£5 for non‑members

Book your place now on Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/closing-the-gap-in-perioperative-delirium-detection-tickets-1990179213602?aff=oddtdtcreator

17/06/2026

Join us for our upcoming BARNA webinar: Clinical Competency in PACU (Adults) - BARNA Competency Document

📅 Thursday 25 June 2026 | 🕢 19:30–20:30 GMT
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

Discover the rationale behind developing the PACU clinical competency document and how it supports progression training, highlights PACU‑specific skills, and provides documented support for learners and educators.

🎤 Speaker: Jane Nicholas
🎟️ Tickets available on Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pacu-adult-competency-document-barna-tickets-1990176095275

💙 Free for BARNA members | 💷 £5 for non‑members

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https://www.barna.co.uk/

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