Anaesthetists are doctors with specialist training.  They are experts in looking after all patients around the time of; surgical operations, child-birth, critical illness and conditions which cause acute and chronic pain.

What we do

Anaesthetists give expert care to surgical patients by:

• assessing your fitness for anaesthesia and surgery
• optimising your general condition
• caring safely for you through operations and managing your operation pain and other health problems.

Your anaesthetist will see you before your operation and talk about all aspects of your anaesthetic with you.  They will be with you throughout your operation and make sure you are comfortable afterwards.  They also look after patients in our Intensive Care Unit should you need extra support after your operation.

Contact information

For general enquiries email: Anaesthetic.Office@york.nhs.uk or telephone 01904 725398

York Hospital contact:

• Ward 27 surgical admissions 01904 726001
• Day Unit surgical admissions 01904 726010

Scarborough Hospital contact:

• Day surgery 01723 342209

Bridlington Hospital contact:

• Short stay and day surgery 01262 423134
• Orthopaedic surgery 01262 423110

Information leaflets and resources

Visit our patient information leaflets pages to view and download more information on:

• Surgery and preparing for surgery
• Anaesthetics

Additional resources

• Anaesthesia risk at a glance by the Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Visit the Royal College of Anaesthetists website for more useful patient information