BARNA connects anaesthetic nurses, recovery/PACU practitioners and ODPs through education, guidance, and an annual national conference.
What's currently on — conference dates, webinars, and booking links.
Saturday 10 October 2026 · two sessions: 12:00 noon UK time in English, 4:00pm UK time in Spanish
Elena Méndez Martínez, MD — Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, University Hospital Central of Asturias, and lead of the mtND4 Working Group.
Hosted by ICPAN, the International Collaboration of PeriAnaesthesia Nurses, which BARNA helped found and represents in the UK. Open to everyone, members and non-members alike — please pass it on to colleagues in perianaesthesia care here and abroad.
Wednesday 25 November 2026 · online, one day
A joint virtual conference from the British Association of Day Surgery and Healthcare Conferences UK, on delivering breast procedures, including oncoplastic surgery, as day cases, with the day surgery pathway, current guidance and the use of data.
The promo code for members is on the website, in the members area.
Dates for the next round of BARNA's own webinars will be announced here shortly — past sessions are in the members area.
The first national multidisciplinary guideline on caring for people with Parkinson’s before, during and after surgery, from the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC). BARNA is one of its endorsing organisations. It covers time-critical medication, swallowing and nil by mouth, delirium, mobilisation and Parkinsonism-hyperpyrexia syndrome.
Download PDFBARNA's national guidance on safe staffing and establishment for PACU and Recovery units — baseline standards, nurse to patient ratios, skill mix, uplift and acuity based planning.
Download PDFA joint statement on corridor care within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit, co-signed by six professional bodies.
Download PDFGuidance framework for adult competencies within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit.
Download PDFBARNA's position on education standards for anaesthetic and recovery practitioners, published 13 August 2025.
Download PDF£50 / year
Student nurse or student ODP? Email us a photo of your student ID and we'll send you a code for 50% off your first year.