SPARC – Southcoast Perioperative Audit & Research Collaboration

WELCOME TO SPARC

The South Coast Perioperative Audit & Research Collaboration
The Trainee Research Network for the Wessex Deanery

Projects Useful Links Get Involved Committee

Calendar of Events

Wessex Obstetric Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting: Friday 6th November 2026

Wessex Intensive Care Innovation and Research Network Meeting: next meeting date TBC

Wessex Intensive Care Society Summer Meeting 2026: Date TBC

RAFT Annual Scientific Meeting 2027: Date TBC

Wessex Anaesthetists in Training Meeting: Spring 2027

Ongoing & Upcoming SPARC Projects

Projects currently being, or due to be, supported by SPARC in the Wessex Region

SECURE – The National RAFT5 project; a Service Evaluation of Cross-Specialty UK Rapid Sequence Intubation Events

WESSEX TIVA – A regional service evaluation of TIVA practice and safety

Past Projects

SPARC-supported projects in the last five years

TRIC-BLOCK– A nationwide service evaluation of continuous neuromuscular blockade in intensive care
GL1MPSE – GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist Management in the Perioperative Setting
National Survey of Patient Blood Management Practice (Anaesthesia, 2025)
POPPY (Anaesthesia, 2024)
PREdS (Anaesthesia, 2024)
National Ventilation Survey (Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2024)
Prevention of AAGA; Regional Survey of Practice (Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2024)
FIT-65 (Perioperative Medicine, 2022)

Useful Links

Explore links to other trainee research networks, research support organisations and recommended collaboration tools

Want More Info? Have a Project Idea? Get In Touch!

Please get in touch by emailing us at sparc.wessex@gmail.com or contacting any of the committee (see below)

SPARC Committee

Meet the current SPARC committee!

Anaesthetic Lead – Dr. Henry Sergeant

ICM Lead – Dr. Chloe Parfitt

Communications Lead – Dr. Steph Walsh

Secretary – Dr. Sophia Beeby

IT Lead – Dr. William Denehan

Anaesthetic Committee – Dr. Joe Lee

Emeritus Committee Lead – Dr. Katie Preston

Interested in helping delivery trainee-led research in the Wessex region? Get in touch with any of the committee or by emailing us on the address above!