BARNA connects anaesthetic nurses, recovery/PACU practitioners and ODPs through education, guidance, and an annual national conference.
What's currently on — conference dates, webinars, and booking links.
Wednesday 25 November 2026 · online, one day
A joint virtual conference from the British Association of Day Surgery and Healthcare Conferences UK, on delivering breast procedures, including oncoplastic surgery, as day cases, with the day surgery pathway, current guidance and the use of data.
The promo code for members is on the website, in the members area.
Dates for the next round of BARNA's own webinars will be announced here shortly — past sessions are in the members area.
Slides from the ICPAN webinar of 10 October 2026, given by Elena Méndez Martínez, lead of the Spanish Society of Anaesthesiology (SEDAR) mtND4 Working Group. They cover the serious neurological injury and deaths seen after general anaesthesia with halogenated agents in previously healthy patients of Venezuelan maternal ancestry, and SEDAR's recommendations: risk screening, genetic testing, avoiding volatile agents, TIVA and postoperative monitoring.
Download the slidesAll the material, including the SEDAR article and animations
The first national multidisciplinary guideline on caring for people with Parkinson’s before, during and after surgery, from the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC). BARNA is one of its endorsing organisations. It covers time-critical medication, swallowing and nil by mouth, delirium, mobilisation and Parkinsonism-hyperpyrexia syndrome.
Download PDFBARNA's national guidance on safe staffing and establishment for PACU and Recovery units — baseline standards, nurse to patient ratios, skill mix, uplift and acuity based planning.
Download PDFA joint statement on corridor care within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit, co-signed by six professional bodies.
Download PDFGuidance framework for adult competencies within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit.
Download PDFBARNA's position on education standards for anaesthetic and recovery practitioners, published 13 August 2025.
Download PDF£50 / year
Student nurse or student ODP? Email us a photo of your student ID and we'll send you a code for 50% off your first year.