BARNA Post Anaesthetic Care Clinical Competencies are near completion: adapted from ASPAN – these competencies will underpin UK post anaesthetic care practice in testing skills and theory. All body systems are reviewed and competencies broken down into specific criteria based around related anatomy and physiology. BARNA competencies derived from BARNA Standards in defining good practice in this critical speciality.

Regional study days: to encourage members to hold local/regional study days: BARNA will support regional study days – this benefits the local hospital in drawing on the support and resources of BARNA.

Members of the BARNA executive board will attend these study days to support local initiatives across the UK

BARNA Conference: The venue for the BARNA 2009 conference was announced at Conference 2008. The venue for 2009 will be Devonport House - this is set in Glorious Greenwich. As information is available the website will be updated and it will also be available in the Newsletter and the Journal. If you would like to speak at conference 2009 please contact. info@barna.co.uk

BARNA Clinical Practice Forum provides an opportunity for open discussion on important developments in peri-anaesthetic practice. If you are a BARNA member and do not have access to the Clinical Practice Forum, please email: info@barna.co.uk quoting your membership number.

Audit: BARNA will set up audit on UK peri-anaesthesia practice: peri anaesthesia care is changing fast in UK and there is a real need to audit how practice is developing : BARNA will start off the audit process by auditing provision for anaesthetic + post anaesthetic care in UK. Future topics will certainly include an audit on use of unqualified personnel in post anaesthetic care.

BARNA Newsletter: The next edition of the BARNA newsletter will be available to download on the website at the start of July. The newsletter will not be published through the summer. The 1st edition after the summer break will be available at the start of September 2008. We hope you have a good summer and if you have anything you wish to contribute to a future edition of the newsletter please email: barnanewsletter@yahoo.co.uk

BARNA Initiatives: BARNA now accepts online payments for membership and conference