Prof Cook has led three Royal College of Anaesthetists National Audit Projects (NAP3 on central neuraxial block, NAP4 on airway management and NAP5 studying Accidental Awareness during General Anaesthesia ) that have shone a light on major aspects of anaesthetic practice and changed practice.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital NHS Trust, Bath

College Advisor on National Audit Projects

College Advisor on Airway

Macintosh Professor of Anaesthesia, RCoA 2012-13

Prof Tim Cook

Prof Soar currently chairs the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Subcommittee and the Quality Standards Working Group, as well as membership of the CARe and Research and Development Subcommittees. Jas has had roles in the development of both the iResus and Lifesaver apps. He also has a number of national and international resuscitation roles and is an editor for the journal Resuscitation.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust

Chair (2009-2012),  Resus Council (UK) 

ILS Subcommittee Chair from 2004 to 2016,  Resus Council (UK) 

Guidelines 2015 Working Group Chair,  Resus Council (UK) 

Prof Jas Soar

Prof Nolan is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Resuscitation. Jerry’s research interests are in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway management, and post-cardiac arrest treatment – he has authored over 300 original papers, reviews and editorials on these topics. He was bestowed the honorary title of "Giant of Resuscitation" by The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) in 2016.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital NHS Trust, Bath

Chair of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 

Chair, Research and Development Subcommittee, Resuscitation Council (UK)

Former Chair of the Resuscitation Council (UK)

Prof Jerry Nolan

Dr Thompson trained in Oxford and London and completed a doctorate in hypoxia and genetics at University College London and was Executive Director of London’s Air Ambulance (HEMS) from 2011-15. He is Deputy Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine and his research interests include pre hospital critical care, major trauma and wilderness medicine.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust

Research Lead for the Severn Major Trauma Network

Critical Care Doctor for the Great Western Air Ambulance

Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Dr Julian Thompson

Much Prof Pickering's current work is on neuromodulation with a focus on Noradrenaline and its long range influences on pain perception.  He leads the academic foundation program in Severn and the INSPIRE program for Medical and Dental students.  He continues to practice as a consultant Anaesthetist and Pain clinician. The goal of his research activity is to identify new targets and methods for therapeutic intervention.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, University Hospitals, Bristol

Professor of Neuroscience and Anaesthesia

Honorary Professor of Bristol Medical School 

Prof Tony Pickering

Our methodology is to establish a dataset and then use it to measure and improve patient outcomes, while also answering important research questions. The first PQIP study will recruit 70,000 consenting patients over four years. We will systematically measure complications, patient-reported outcomes and failure to rescue. Once a patient has started their PQIP journey they will be followed up for one year after their procedure to assess their general health and wellbeing.

PQIP was established in 2016 by the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia’s (NIAA) Health Services Research Centre, working on behalf of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons (England), the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Nursing, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Faculty of Pain Medicine plus a number of professional specialist societies.

PQIP National Team

As an umbrella organisation, RAFT acts as the exoskeleton for Trainee Research Networks in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care that are spread across the UK. This allows us to conceive and conduct pan-UK projects on a scale not previously possible. This in turn is helping anaesthetic trainees to be one of the major driving forces behind recent strides in collaborative perioperative research and audit.

RAFT is the national trainee-led body that brings together the multiple regional anaesthetic Trainee Research Networks (TRNs). We facilitate annual national trainee-led projects and support the TRNs. We strive to improve access to research and promote the collaborative model of 'Team UK Anaesthesia'. We are proudly supported RCoA and AAGBI. 

RAFT National Team