17 February 2020

Could you be the new face of the Association for Perioperative Practice?

Does your perioperative team go above and beyond to encourage good communication and create a positive culture within the operating...

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11 February 2020

Interventions for pain: Finding connections at the surface

New work by a team of Thomas Jefferson University researchers reveals new activity above the surface, in brain-cell receptors that...

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5 February 2020

General anaesthesia in cesarean deliveries increases odds of postpartum depression by 54 per cent

A new study shows that having general anaesthesia in a cesarean delivery is linked with significantly increased odds of severe...

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28 January 2020

Pain treatment using human stem cells a success

Stem cell therapy shown to relieve extreme pain in mice is now moving towards human trials.   Human stem cells...

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23 January 2020

AfPP’s new careers-focused publication launched to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th anniversary

The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) has launched a brand-new publication as part of its celebrations for the bicentenary of...

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19 December 2019

Improving trauma pain outcomes

Improving acute pain management after traumatic injury remains a priority for policymakers and clinicians as rates of injury and subsequent...

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17 December 2019

Charity launches nationwide survey to understand challenges of perioperative workforce

The Association for Perioperative Practice has launched a nationwide survey in a bid to better understand the challenges faced by...

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12 December 2019

Children much more likely to die after surgery in poor countries

Children in low resourced countries are 100-200 times more likely to die after surgery than children in wealthy countries, according...

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