Thank you.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 36th BARNA Conference, Bush House, King's College London.
Upcoming BARNA Webinars
Adult PACU Competency Framework
Developed by BARNA for nurses and ODPs new to PACU practice, this competency framework provides a structured pathway from orientation to autonomous practice, covering core and advanced competencies aligned with RCN Standards and current DAS guidelines. It supports both practitioner and supervisor through initial, formative and final sign-off stages.
Corridor Care within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit
BARNA, alongside five leading professional bodies, has published a joint statement calling for urgent action on the use of Post Anaesthetic Care Units as holding areas for post-operative patients. This is corridor care by another name, and we are united in calling it unacceptable and unsustainable.
PACU is designed for short-term, high-acuity monitoring immediately after surgery. Holding patients in these spaces for extended periods due to bed shortages compromises clinical safety, delays rehabilitation, disrupts surgical pathways, and places enormous strain on perioperative staff.
BARNA is run by perioperative professionals, for perioperative professionals. If you have skills, experience or simply the drive to support your colleagues across the UK, we would love to hear from you.
The UK's professional association for perioperative nurses
BARNA is the British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association — supporting anaesthetic nurses, recovery/PACU nurses and ODPs across the UK through education, events, clinical guidance and a strong national community.
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