SALG | Who we are

Membership

The partners in the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG) are: the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists and NHS England/ NHS Improvement.

Read the Terms of Reference

Dr Felicity Plaat (Joint Chair)

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Dr Philip Barclay (Joint Chair)

Association of Anaesthetists

SALG Members

Name	Representing
Dr W Donaldson	Northern Ireland Representative, RCoA
Prof D Honan	Irish Standing Committee, Association of Anaesthetists
Dr I Sharieff & Dr H Smith	SAS representatives
Prof J Pandit	Immediate Past Chair, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dr Peter Young	Immediate Past Chair, Association of Anaesthetists
Prof A Smith	Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dr T Meek	Association of Anaesthetists
Dr M Needham	SALG Scholar
Dr L Mulroy and Ms S Taylor	Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Mr B Patel	Patient Voices member
Mr P Phillips	Welsh Government
Ms L Fowler	NHS England
Dr D Varveris & Dr A Harvey	Scottish representatives (RCoA & Association of Anaesthetists, respectively)
Dr A McCulloch and Dr L Bubb	Trainee Representative
Dr A Williamson	Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation Branch
Ms Nichola Crust	Health Services Safety Investigation Branch
Dr P Hersey	Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Ms T Coates	Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN)

If you would like to raise an issue with SALG, please contact [email protected]

Find out more

There are opportunities to be involved in SALG’s work through membership of working parties, the network of regional SALG Patient Safety Leads and through applying for the SALG BIDMC Fellowship.

SALG Patient Safety Leads

The Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG) are developing a Regional Safety Lead network to help drive forward patient safety initiatives within anaesthesia.