Mission Statement
The Scottish
Society of Acute Pain Services (SSAPS) is a multidisciplinary
group committed to promoting discussion and dissemination of good practice in
Acute Pain Medicine throughout Scotland.
To this end, the Steering Committee organises two evening meetings per year and one full day meeting
and communicates by Newsletter and e-mail to all interested parties.
The Steering Committee comprises
representatives from across Scotland
with representation from all Health Boards, Teaching and District General
Hospitals and medical
and nursing professionals. Membership of the Society is open to all Health
Professionals engaged in Acute Pain Medicine in Scotland. Membership of the
Steering Group is voluntary and self-selected at present.
Steering Committee
Ewan
Jack Chairperson, Susan
Smith Secretary, Matthew Checketts Treasurer
Other members : AnneMarie Gallagher,
Martin Watson, Vimty Muir, Lynn McCaffer, Hanlie du
Plessis, Ken James, Lesley Green, Susan Nimmo, Lee
Riddell.
SSAPS Bursary
The Steering committee welcomes
applications from any Health Professional wishing to research, audit or visit
specific centres on topics relating to Acute Pain
Management. This bursary is available to doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and
physiotherapists among others. One bursary is awarded per year, and the
beneficiary is expected to make a short presentation at the SSAPS meeting the
following year. Please contact Ken James with details of your
proposal for consideration for the award of the bursary.
New York Society
of Regional Anaesthesia
The
Pain Society
International
Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Best
Practice Statement - Postoperative Pain Management
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Meetings
SSAPS has traditionally run one full day meeting
and two evening meetings each year. The all day meeting on the 3rd
November 2011 was a huge success, with great turnout, some excellent
presentations and plenty of opportunities for networking.
However, due to increasing pressure on
study leave time and funding, the committee has decided that we will not run
any evening meetings this year.
The next SSAPS meeting will therefore be
held on:
Thursday 1st November 2012, all day meeting
This meeting will again be held
in the Teacher building in Glasgow. The venue is extremely handy for
travel from all over the country, being minutes walk from Central and Queen
St train stations, and with ample car parking nearby.
The meetings are open to all grades of medical,
nursing, and allied healthcare professionals, and have been approved for CEPD
points.
COST
For the day meeting : Medical Staff £95, Nursing and others £30
Please
notify intention to attend meetings to Susan Smith to allow
appropriate catering arrangements to be made. Cheques
(payable to ‘SSAPS’) can be sent to Susan at
Dr
Susan Smith,
Anaesthetic
Department,
Walton Building,
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
84 Castle Street’
Glasgow’
G4
0SF.
National Acute Pain Database
Those of you who attend SSAPS Meetings
will be aware of our desire to develop a national acute pain database, and to
that end, Dr Alan Hope, , Consultant Anaesthetist North Glasgow, presented a
prototype of a potential database at our Annual Day Meeting in November 2007.
Progress has been made on the dataset for
collection, and further refinements are expected following feedback received
from the audience at the October 2009 meeting.
The front page of the system can be accessed here.
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