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Anaesthesia

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  • Free
  • Discussion
  • British Sign Language interpreted
  • Speech-to-text
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Claudia Hammond, Photo: Kathleen Arundell. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join Claudia Hammond and a panel of experts as they delve into the history, evidence and mysteries around anaesthesia. You'll hear about how anaesthesia works and the current issues related to it, such as sustainability and the global inequality of safe access to anaesthetics.

Claudia will present the programme and interview the speakers. Then, the audience will have the chance to ask questions.

The event will be recorded and edited into a programme to be broadcast on the BBC World Service as part of ‘The Evidence’ series. After broadcast, the episode will be available on the BBC website.

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Location

We’ll be in the Reading Room on level 2. You can walk up the spiral staircase to the Reading Room door, or take the lift up and then head left from the Library Desk.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Waiting list

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

British Sign Language interpreted

This event will have British Sign Language interpretation.

Speech-to-text

This event will be live-transcribed. The captions will be displayed on a screen in-venue.

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The BBC World Service is the world’s largest international broadcaster. It broadcasts radio and television news, speech and discussions in more than 40 languages to many parts of the world.

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Claudia Hammond

Presenter

Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and psychology lecturer. She is the presenter of ‘All in the Mind’ and ‘Mind Changers’ on BBC Radio 4, and ‘The Evidence’ and ‘Health Check’ on the BBC World Service.

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Professor Kevin Fong

Speaker

Dr Kevin Fong is a Consultant Anaesthetist at UCL Hospitals in London. and Professor of Public Engagement and Innovation at University College London. Kevin has a wealth of experience in the field and still works as a consultant anaesthetist, including as a helicopter emergency medical service doctor. He also has a strong broadcast background, having presented and contributed to a wide range of radio and TV programmes. He was co-director of the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme environment medicine.

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Professor Jennifer Hunter

Speaker

Dr Jennifer Hunter is Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Jennie has a wealth of experience, having spent decades in clinical and academic anaesthesia, and is still active in anaesthesia research. She was also the first woman to become Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Anaesthesia.

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Professor Bruce Biccard

Speaker

Dr Bruce Biccard is Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science at the University of Oxford. He has recently moved to the UK from South Africa, where he worked at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. He is also the author of the book ‘Safer surgery for Africa: challenges and solutions’. He has carried out a huge amount of work into improving surgery outcomes across Africa and in low or middle-income countries around the world.

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Sharan Thind

British Sign Language interpreter

Sharan has worked as a Sign Language Interpreter for over 15 years, including 10 years with Wellcome Collection. Based in London, she takes a holistic approach to her work and enjoys bringing to life, through her interpretation, the experiences that Wellcome Collection offers for all to enjoy. NRCPD number: 1011797.