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Medical Doctor
Membership

(Consultants / Non-consultant / Trainee)

£40/Y

Allied Healthcare Professionals

(Nurses / Pharmacists/ Managers / Administrative Staff)

£20/Y

Currently there are over 700 members of The Preoperative Association including Anaesthetists, Nurses, Pharmacists and others. Membership is open to all people with an interest in furthering the aims of the Preoperative Association.

The Benefits

• Preoperative Association Guidelines
• Subsidised Preoperative Association conference and study day fees for members
• Resource information section for members
• Preoperative Association training and competency frameworks
• Nursing Skills for Preoperative Assessment online booklet
• Past conference presentations
• Risk assessment tools
• Useful organisation links
• Latest news
• Preoperative Association information for patients
• Opportunity to apply for Preoperative Association grants, travel and bursary awards
  

Mission Statement

The objectives of the society are to improve patient safety by providing education, information and support for inter-professional healthcare teams involved in assessment and optimisations of patients undergoing surgical procedures. In particular by:

1. The advancement of education in the science and practice of preoperative assessment and medicine by the conduct of meetings, study days and training events;
2. Establishing and promoting best practice through research, audit and consensus;
3. Contributing and producing evidence-based guidelines to facilitate multi-disciplinary teams working in preoperative assessment.

The Preoperative Association is a registered charity. Registered Charity Number: 1200997