Anaesthetics

Frimley Health's department of anaesthesia has been awarded national accreditation by the Royal College of Anaesthesia of Great Britain. This means that if you're referred to any of Frimley Health's hospitals for a procedure, your anaesthetic provision is patient centred and of the highest quality.

Your anaesthetist will administer your anaesthetic and be responsible for your safety and wellbeing during your procedure.

They will carefully monitor you throughout your operation, make sure you wake up comfortably and also help with pain management after the procedure.

Anaesthetists are involved in developing treatments to manage chronic pain and offer intensive care support to very sick patients.

Anaesthetics is one of the largest departments at Frimley Health. The department works closely with intensive care, maternity and pain management.

Services provided:

• Inpatient / acute pain management - the pain team nurses and doctors visit patients and support staff throughout the Trust.
• Outpatient chronic pain management – outpatient and clinic services for people with ongoing, persistent pain management issues. 
• Critical care for patients with life threatening conditions, including life support machines, kidney support, and other drugs and modes of treatment. 
• Coordination of the medical emergency outreach team, who respond to patients with increasing levels of life threatening illness.
• Pre-operative assessment - Some patients may be referred to our high risk anaesthetic clinic or cardiopulmonary exercise clinics. These clinics are to discuss some of the risks from surgery and support patients with decision making regarding their care.