Working Parties established by AAGBI Council perform some of the AAGBI’s most important work.  Most will result in the publication of a guideline (popularly known as a 'glossy') and these familiar, brightly covered documents have become one of the AAGBI’s ‘signature’ publications.

Topics covered include Patient Safety Guidelines, working conditions, welfare and contractual issues.  All guidelines go out for public consultation before approval by Council when they are then published in the public part of the website.  With the agreement of the Editor-in-chief some guidelines will also be published in Anaesthesia.

In February 2011 Council decided that future guidelines would not routinely be distributed in paper form to all members but would continue to be available on request and have a limited distribution to Linkmen, Clinical Directors, anaesthetic department secretaries, NHS Trust/Board Chief Executives and Presidents of anaesthesia societies abroad.  Read the AAGBI statement about our guidelines and the environment »