Guideline peer reviewers
The guideline has been peer reviewed by the main external professional bodies and relevant organisations. The members of the peer review group were as follows.
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: Council members: Robert Bingham, Anaesthetic Consultant, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; Neil Morton, Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow; Monica Stokes, Consultant Anaesthetist, Birmingham Children's Hospital; Kathy Wilkinson, Consultant Anaesthetist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and Honorary Secretary APAGBI.
Robin Correa: Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
Liz McInnes: Senior Research and Development Fellow, NICE Collaborating Centre - Nursing and Supportive Care, Oxford.
National Association of Theatre Nurses: C Allen, Theatre Services Manager, Murrayfield Hospital, Edinburgh, and Chair RCN Anaesthetic and Recovery Forum.
Preoperative Association: John Carlisle (Chair) and Consultant Anaesthetist, South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, and members: Paul Knight, Consultant Anaesthetist, Calderdale Royal Hospital; John Watt,Research and Development Lead Clinician, Southport and Formby District General Hospital; Nelson Richard, Consultant in
Anaesthesia, Countess of Chester Hospital; Chris Earlam, Consultant naesthetist, Hope Hospital, Salford.
Royal College of Anaesthetists: Council members.
Eileen Scott: Research and Development Co-ordinator, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust, and Chair RCN Perioperative and Surgical Nursing Forum.
Joanna Smith: Lecturer in Child Health Nursing, University of Leeds, and RCN Children's Surgical Nursing Forum.