Category: Research

The Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) is an initiative commissioned by the NIAA to identify important topics for future research and help direct the future research agenda.

Why was this PSP needed?

The rationale behind the PSP was simple: research budgets are finite, and research funders need to demonstrate the impact of their research. This entails not only producing academic publications, but also choosing topics for research funding that are important and relevant to clinicians and patients. This PSP’s aim was to identify those topics for anaesthesia and perioperative care, and was the largest consultation exercise conducted within the specialty to date.

Read the full PSP Survey Results document (PDF)

We need your help!

We are a team of researchers at Imperial College London looking at whether cancer patients like you want to choose where to have tests and surgery. We also want to know what you think is important to know about the hospital and team treating you. We would be very grateful if you could spare up to 15 minutes to complete our survey which you will find at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cancerchoicesurvey

Thank you!

The Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care Priority Setting Partnership aims to identify the most important research areas to improve the physical and mental well-being of patients attending hospital for any operation or procedure requiring any type of anaesthetic. A short online survey (5-10 minutes) is open until the end of July for patients, carers and clinicians to contribute their ideas about unanswered research questions related to this topic. It is a unique opportunity to have your say and participate in this important and wide-ranging partnership that will have a real impact on research in hospital care.

For further information and access to the survey please go to: http://www.niaa.org.uk/PSP_Survey#pt