Shahban Meherban
Anaesthetic and Recovery SIG
The Anaesthetic Recovery and Day Surgery (ARDS) Specialist Interest Group (SIG) is for all healthcare professionals working and interested in these areas of perioperative care including practice development and practice educators.
The importance of Day Surgery in the current post-Covid 29 context, can’t be underestimated. Working as a well-oiled machine, the Day Surgery setup following the Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) model has the potential to be decisive in clearing up the backlog of operations nationwide.
The ARDS SIG has been created to allow theatre practitioners to network and address issues related to best standards of practice in these three areas, thus contributing to a smooth collaboration, interplay and rotation of staff as the new way forward.
More about the SIG Lead
“My name is Shahban (Shabs) and I work as an Anaesthetic ODP in QMC Nottingham. I specialise predominantly in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), paediatrics and Endoscopy and I have a special interest in airway management. I have been qualified almost 11 years now and have also completed one year placements working in UAE and New Zealand. In addition, I volunteer overseas for surgical/humanitarian missions and have completed missions to Nepal, Pakistan, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Gaza (Palestine) and Lebanon. Further, I am a mentor to ODP/nursing students as well as staff undertaking any anaesthetic training. I hope as anaesthetic/recovery SIG lead I can use my expertise to further the work of the AFPP.”