Anaesthetics

Service Summary

Welcome to the Directorate of Anaesthetics, Theatres and Critical Care.

We provide a service predominantly within the surgical provision of the hospital. We have grown dramatically over the last few years, and we are proud of the care we provide to patients.

Whilst achievement of the national waiting list targets has been important, our current emphasis is on delivering quality as well. We are dedicating considerable energy in developing benchmarking across the whole range of our activities, and there is notable academic research taking place within the services we provide.

Who's Who

Clinical Director - Dr Ian Jackson
Lead clinician for anaesthesia - Dr Jonathan Wilson
Directorate manager - Richard Morris

Matron - Susan Blackhurst

What do we do?

We manage theatres, the day surgery unit, the intensive care and high dependency facilities, the admissions ward (ward 27), the waiting list team and much of the preoperative assessment service for the Trust.

York Hospital has a busy suite of 18 operating theatres situated in the main theatre suite and on the Day Unit. There are two Post-Anaesthetic Care Units (PACUs).

The theatres are divided into teams, covering the following specialities:

Orthopaedics and Trauma
Gynaecology and Urology
Head and Neck
General Surgery

Ophthalmic Surgery is performed in two dedicated Ophthalmic Theatres which are situated in the Ophthalmology Department. Please click here to visit this area.

We also have the following teams:

PACU (Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit)
Anaesthetic Support Team
Emergency Theatre Team

Each team has a Team Leader, Sisters, Staff Nurses and Health Care Assistants. The nursing team is supported by Operating Department Practitioners. The support team includes dedicated theatre porters, a storeperson and a Patient Services Assistant.

We have a team of four receptionists who staff the reception area from 8.00am - 6.00pm daily.

We provide a 24 hour emergency service. Our elective sessions are 9.00am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Where to find us and how to contact us

The main theatre suite is situated on the first floor of the hospital. The Day Unit is also situated on the first floor of the hospital, adjacent to Wards 11 and 14. Please click here for a hospital map.

Meet the Team

To contact any of the Consultant Anaesthetists, please telephone the Anaesthetic Office Admin Team on 01904 725398 or 725399.

Consultant	Special Interest
Dr Graham Cundill	ICU
Dr Steve Forde	Generalist/ Vascular
Dr James Gilbert	ICU/Obstetrics
Dr Richard Grummitt	Acutes/Trauma/Paediatrics
Dr Peter Hall	Chronic Pain
Dr Ian Jackson	Clinical Director
Dr Kalyan Raman	Generalist/Paediatrics/Vascular
Dr Geraldine McEnroe	Generalist
Dr Tamara Madej	Acute Pain/ Obstetrics
Dr Philip Moss	Chronic Pain
Dr Simon Old	Generalist/Obstetrics
Dr Henry Paw	ICU
Dr Rinus Pretorius	ICU
Dr George Priestley	ICU
Dr Jonathan Redman	ICU
Dr Martin Reeder	Generalist
Dr Kay Robins	Obstetrics
Dr Roger Skilton	Generalist/Paediatrics/MRI
Dr Susan Smith	Obstetrics
Dr Michael Stone	Generalist/Paeds
Dr Peter Stone	ICU
Dr Peter Toomey	Chronic Pain
Dr Sue Urwin	Lead clinician for ICU
Dr Amanda Vipond	Lead clinician for Obstetrics Training programme Director
Dr Steve Wasawo	Generalist/Paediatrics
Dr Brian Williams	Generalist
Dr Jonathan Wilson	Generalist Lead Clinician Anaesthetics
Dr Ian Woods	Generalist Medical Director
Dr David Yates	Generalist/ CPX