SPARC

Welcome to SPARC

The South Coast Perioperative Anaesthetic & ICM Research Collaborative is the Wessex anaesthetic and intensive care trainee research network.

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Upcoming meetings

Regional and national meetings that are worth putting in your diary.

Our research

Projects run or supported by SPARC across Wessex hospitals.

Upcoming

SIGNAL

A multicentre project developed by the London trainee research network, which SPARC will be running at Wessex sites. If you'd like to be a local lead at your hospital, get in touch.

Read the published protocol in Anaesthesia

Recently completed

SECURE

RAFT's UK-wide service evaluation of cross-specialty rapid sequence induction events in adults in hospital. Data collection is complete, with results to follow.

More about SECURE

Recently completed

TRIC-BLOCK

A national TRIC Network evaluation of continuous neuromuscular blockade infusions in UK intensive care units. Data collection is complete and analysis is under way.

More about TRIC-BLOCK

Past research supported by SPARC

  1. 2026

    Peri-operative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use and outcomes: a national prospective multicentre cohort study

    Anaesthesia. Potter et al., on behalf of the GLIMPSE Resident Research Networks and Collaborators

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  2. 2025

    Emergency and postoperative access to critical and enhanced care: a multicentre prospective observational study

    Anaesthesia. Georgiou et al., with the PEACH-SW collaborators

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  3. 2024

    Peri-operative Replacement of Exogenous Steroids (PREdS): a national audit of current peri-operative prescribing for patients taking therapeutic steroids

    Anaesthesia. Barker et al., with the PREdS Trainee Research Network Collaborators

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  4. 2024

    Prevention of accidental awareness under general anaesthesia: a regional service evaluation

    Journal of Perioperative Practice. Preston et al., with the SPARC investigators

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  5. 2022

    Frailty in the over 65s undergoing elective surgery (FIT-65): a three-day study examining the prevalence of frailty in patients presenting for elective surgery

    Perioperative Medicine. Harrison et al., on behalf of SPARC

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  6. 2018

    Intraoperative oxygenation in adult patients undergoing surgery (iOPS): a retrospective observational study across 29 UK hospitals

    Perioperative Medicine. Morkane et al., with the Pan London Perioperative Audit and Research Network (PLAN)

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  7. 2017

    Transfusion in critical care: a UK regional audit of current practice

    Anaesthesia. Plumb et al.

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Get involved

If you're interested in getting involved, whether as a collaborator, a local lead or with an idea for a project, contact us at sparc.wessex@gmail.com.

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Committee

  • Dr Henry SergeantAnaesthetic Lead
  • Dr Chloe ParfittICM Lead
  • Dr William DenehanIT Lead
  • Dr Steph WalshCommunications Lead
  • Dr Joe LeeAnaesthetic Committee
  • Dr Katie PrestonEmeritus Chair

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