Not waking up after a general anaesthetic is one of the commonest fears of patients having surgery.

The Royal College of Anaesthetists National Audit Projects (NAPs) study rare complications of surgery – NAP7 studied perioperative cardiac arrests arrests occurring over a 1 year period in the UK including the impact on both the patients and those caring for them. In this lecture, Prof Soar will present the headline findings and recommendations for improving patient care and outcomes.

Emily Róisín Reid and Sean Barrett.

We will introduce the Inclusive Education Hub - a co-created resource designed to support educators and those who facilitate learning in embedding inclusive practices more effectively.

This practical, solutions-focused session will provide an opportunity to:

✅ Reflect on how your role is so important in supporting inclusion, by connecting to an overview of Inclusive Education in the broader HE landscape.

✅ Explore the WMS Inclusive Education Hub’s checklists, tools and resources.

✅ (If we are up for it!) Experiment with AI on the topic of inclusive education as relevant to your role and your work with students.

✅ Take away a few actions for further developing our inclusive practice over the next year.

Why attend?

In an increasingly diverse and dynamic educational landscape, making sure our teaching and learning environments are inclusive and supportive for our learners is really important, but it isn’t always clear what individuals can do. This session is designed to provide you with immediately actionable next steps, with small steps you can take to more equitable and student-centred learning environments.

This session is open to all educators, research supervisors, leaders and those who support student learning across WMS. Basically, everyone! Whether you are new to inclusive education or seeking to take more advanced steps, this session will provide a structured space to engage, reflect, and take tangible steps forward.

In this lecture, Professor Jason Madan will explore the attractions and challenges of being an academic health economist. He will reflect on the experience of working across disciplines and countries, and how this can lead to powerful insights and problematic misunderstandings.

He will highlight the benefits of working with health economists, while considering what the profession might want to do to be more useful and influential.