Speakers






Carol Peden, BSc, MB ChB, MD, FRCA, FFICM, FFMLM, MPH.

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, and Associate Medical Director for Quality Improvement at the Royal United Hospital, Bath. She is Critical Care Lead for the South West of England Patient Safety programme and Peri-operative Lead for the Danish Safety programme. She teaches regularly on quality and safety internationally.
In 2008/2009 she spent a year at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement in the US and completed a Masters degree (MPH) in Clinical Effectiveness at Harvard University. She is a Fellow of the NHS Improvement Faculty , the Faculty of Medical Leaders and Managers, the Royal College of Anaesthestists and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, U.K. She is passionate about improving care for critically ill patients and is National Clinical Director for Enhanced Recovery pathways in Emergency General Surgery. She is an author of major papers, books, reviews and standards including Quality Indicators for the Intensive Care Society U.K.

Areas of Expertise:
Surgical Safety, Anesetesiology.