Member benefits include:

Information and guidance

• Access to our monthly journal Anaesthesia publishing original articles on all aspects of anaesthesia, peri-operative medicine, intensive care and pain therapy.
• Free subscription to our monthly membership magazine Anaesthesia News.
• Access to our wide range of patient safety and care guidelines (including on our members only app). 
• Access to online learning and CPD resources including over 1000 video lectures through our dedicated members-only online learning platform Learn@.
• Advocacy and campaigning support for the profession of anaesthesia.
• Access to a range of wellbeing resources and guidance.

Save money

• Free patient transfer insurance cover of up to £1 million (T&C’s apply). 
• Generous discounts on over 65 Association events a year, including our flagship conferences, webinars, seminars and core topic meetings. 
• Members can get 35% off books with Scion Publishing. Some of the proceeds will be donated to SAFE, our initiative with WFSA to bring safe anaesthesia around the world.
• Members receive a 20% discount on books from Wiley as well as a discount of 30% in the anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care collections with Cambridge University Press.
• Claim tax relief on your membership fees as our membership is on the HMRC approved list of professional organisations, find out more on the HMRC website.
• Association members can apply to become an ESAIC Individual Society Member at no additional cost. Through its educational, scientific, and networking activities, ESAIC is dedicated to advancing patient safety and improving standards of care in Europe. Individual Society Members have access to a selected range of ESAIC benefits. The application process to become an Individual Society Member of the ESAIC community is only open between June - July 2027. Please revisit our website again in June when the application form will become available. Once your application has been approved by ESAIC, your membership will be valid for 2 years.

Career support and networks

• A range of support networking opportunities via our Links Scheme, Resident Network Leads (RNLs), SAS Links Network and Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Network.
• A range of career stage specific guides and resources including Resident, SAS and Less Than Full time (LTFT) handbooks.
• A mentoring service, a bursary scheme, and numerous grants and awards to enable you to undertake research, educational projects, or professional development.
• Opportunities for working overseas with our SAFE project.

“The Association is an invaluable beacon of educational and wellbeing support for anaesthetists of all levels. From the journal Anaesthesia , published guidelines, to the online and now in-person meetings, the Association provides outstanding value for its membership.” 
Dr Zeshan Bhatt, Association member since 2013

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