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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.