Full Name
Philip Barclay
Job Title
Consultant Anaesthetist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Co-chair, Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG)
Speaker Bio
Dr Barclay was appointed as a Consultant and Research lead at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 1999, with research interests in obstetric anaesthesia that have included Rocuronium for obstetric intubation, Difficult and Failed Intubation, Neuraxial opiates and Coagulopathy associated with Major Haemorrhage. In 2014, he moved down to London to work at the West Middlesex site of Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and was Clinical Director from 2019 to 2024.
He was on the Executive Committee of the Obstetric Anaesthetists Association and spent six years representing Obstetric Anaesthesia in NICE Guidelines committee, updating many guidelines including Caesarean Birth and Intrapartum Care. At present, he is an elected Board member of the Association of Anaesthetists, where he chairs the Safety, Equipment and Standards committee. He is co-chair of the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group and is co-editor of the Patient Safety Update.
He was on the Executive Committee of the Obstetric Anaesthetists Association and spent six years representing Obstetric Anaesthesia in NICE Guidelines committee, updating many guidelines including Caesarean Birth and Intrapartum Care. At present, he is an elected Board member of the Association of Anaesthetists, where he chairs the Safety, Equipment and Standards committee. He is co-chair of the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group and is co-editor of the Patient Safety Update.
