Staplegrove Anaesthetists provides specialist consultant services to hospitals for anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care.

All Staplegrove Anaesthetists:

• are NHS consultants, who give anaesthetics everyday in local Somerset Hospitals.

• have been appointed to the highest grade of doctor possible in the UK.

• are registered as specialists with the General Medical Council and are fully appraised and up-to-date with life long training, as required by the NHS.

• work together in a practice to ensure patients receive the best available anaesthetic care.

Who are Anaesthetists?

Anaesthetists are highly specialised doctors who:

• look after the patient’s total well-being before, during and after surgery.

• are experts in anaesthesia, care of sick patients in Intensive Care, resuscitation and treatment of pain.

• can manage patients with different medical conditions (eg diabetes) during and after many different surgical procedures.

• give anaesthesia for all surgical procedures, in patients of all ages and in any state of health.