A Consultant Paediatric Surgeon from Roundhay, Leeds, is using her surgical expertise to help people who can’t access safe surgery by volunteering with Mercy Ships – a global charity that brings life-changing surgery to patients across sub-Saharan Africa. Emma Sidebotham,…
Jaime Owen, Lead Theatre Practitioner at Beaumont Hospital in Bolton, part of Circle Health Group, has been awarded the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) Volunteer Award, a £1,000 grant in memory of former AfPP member Hilda Winifred Mears. Hilda held…
In response to valuable feedback from Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) members, The Institute of Decontamination Science (IDSc) and AfPP have collaborated to review and update the national guidance on the management of loan sets and individual reusable medical devices….
In honour of World Humanitarian Day on Tuesday 19th August 2025, the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) is proud to shine a spotlight on the extraordinary work of Mercy Ships, a humanitarian organisation transforming lives through surgery in some of…