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New WSoA Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental Leave Guidance

Monday 15th January 2024
Dr J Myo, Dr J Loughran

The new Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental Leave guidance booklet can be accessed by clicking this link. The new and detailed guidance booklet should provide everything you need in planning your maternity, paternity or shared parental leave. This resource covers many important aspects including who to notify, how to plan your accrued annual leave, how to plan your return to work, pay and keeping in touch days. There are links to all the useful pages included and everything is accessible in one concise booklet. A useful checklist of jobs is included to ensure everything is in place to support your leave.

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"Sustaining a Career in Anaesthesia & ICM"

Thursday 28th December 2023

"Sustaining a Career in Anaesthesia & ICM" This will be a day run for Welsh School of Anaesthesia higher trainees (ST4+) on Wednesday 20th March at Sophia Gardens Cricket Stadium. This will be a really great opportunity to bring together post-FRCA trainees in this in-person event, where we have brilliant speakers who will be talking on some really important & topical talks. Topics include; Decision making, Emotional Intelligence, 'Teamership', Incivility & Psychological Safety, Medical Errors - The Second Victim. The day is FREE, and you will be fed & watered with plenty of refreshments and food provided throughout the day in a relaxed environment. There will be no virtual option, we have deliberately made this a purely face-to-face to maximise impact of these important topics. All…

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WAFT Hot Topics - 13th/14th February 2024

Thursday 23rd November 2023

SAVE THE DATE! The next WAFT Hot Topics day will run 13th/14th Feb 2024 at HEIW, Nantgarw with a MS Teams link available for those who cannot attend in person. Booking details below. WAFT Hot Topics.

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Return to Clinical Anaesthesia - Thursday 8th Feb 2024 at UHW

Thursday 5th October 2023

We are pleased to announce that Dr Gemma Phillips and Dr Jade Loughran will be running the next Return to Anaesthesia course on Thursday 8th February 2024 at the University Hospital of Wales! This workshop and sim-based course is suitable for those who have had time out of Clinical Anaesthesia for any reason and are planning their return to practice. For further information and to book, please contact Gemma.Phillips3@wales.nhs.uk

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