At the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the Anaesthetic Department currently provides cover to:

• Two theatre areas; the main theatre and a satellite area (theatre 10 and 11)
• An Intensive Care Unit, staffed (in and out of hours) medically by Intensivists
• An Emergency Department with Resuscitation Area (including major trauma)
• A Consultant led Acute Pain service
• General Wards – Medical (inc. Cardiology), Orthopaedic, General Surgery and Renal
• A Radiology department

At the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, elective activity includes the following:

• Pre-operative Assessment
• Upper GI Surgery
• Colorectal Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Bariatric Surgery
• Urological Surgery
• Ophthalmic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Trauma
• Day Case Surgery
• Community Dentals
• Inpatient areas
• Providing support for recovery staff to ensure that patients return safely to an appropriate post-operative area
• Post-operative assessment of patients (including acute pain management)
• Education and support to anaesthetists undergoing basic and advanced training

Emergency activity includes:

• General Surgery (upper and lower GI)
• Vascular Surgery
• Orthopaedic Trauma
• Ophthalmic Surgery
• Urological Surgery

The Anaesthetic service provides 24 hour/seven day cover for emergency activity in the theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, with resident middle grade cover for theatre and on ITU.

Consultant on-call rotas operate to provide 24 hour senior advice and assistance within theatre and ITU.