Workforce in focus at Annual Congress 2025
With the new NHS 10-Year Health Plan now published, tackling training, retention and reform has never been more urgent. This year’s Annual Congress offers a timely programme for anaesthetists navigating the challenges ahead.
Several key sessions speak directly to workforce priorities:
- Sustainable Careers looks at how to build long-term, flexible roles that keep people in the profession.
- Getting Started in Management offers practical guidance for clinicians stepping into leadership, a growing need as the NHS reforms.
- Our dedicated learning stream for resident doctors explores the pressures facing today’s trainees and hosts sessions on clinical topics tailored to their needs.
- The SAS Journeys and Support sessions centre on development pathways and recognition for staff and associate specialist doctors.
- And in what’s sure to be a lively session, the debate “All Anaesthetists Should Move to 80% – Less than Full Time is the New Full Time” challenges traditional views of what full time work should look like.
As the NHS looks to grow and futureproof its workforce, these sessions provide space to learn, reflect and influence how anaesthesia – and the wider system – can evolve.
Explore the scientific programme and book your place today for Annual Congress 2025, taking place at P&J Live, Aberdeen on 17-19 September.