NACCS Council Members
The NACCS Council consists of three executive officers, six members and the immediate past president. The Council meets three times a year in central London.
(President)
In 2006 I was appointed as an Academic Consultant working within the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit (NCCU) and providing neuroanaesthesia at Cambridge University Hospitals…
(Immediate Past-President)
Consultant Anaesthetist, Salford Royal Hospital. Having qualified in 1993 from medical school in Manchester I spend some time as a resident in Emergency Medicine…
(Honorary Secretary)
Consultant in Anaesthesia, North Bristol NHS Trust. I have been a consultant at Southmead hospital in Bristol since 2015. My sub-speciality interests include neuroanaesthesia (predominantly emergency…
(Honorary Treasurer)
Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Salford Royal Hospital. I have been a NACCS Council Member since 2021 and presently serve as the Honorary Treasurer. I qualified from Imperial College in 1995…
(Resident Doctors Representative)
I am the resident doctor representative to the NACCS Council. I am a higher anaesthetic trainee in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery, and I am currently completing my Specialist Interest Area training in Neuroanaesthesia…
Consultant in Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care, Oxford In 2012, after I completed my specialist training in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Hyperbar…
I have been a consultant at St. George’s Hospital in London since 2006. I am currently the NACCS NeuroICU linkperson at St. George’s Hospital. I have been Clinical lead for simulation (20013-2016), Regional lead for organ donation…
Consultant Neuroanaesthetist & Intensivist at The Walton Centre, Liverpool. Dr Sandeep Lakhani is a Consultant Neuroanaesthetist & Intensivist at The Walton Centre, Liverpool since 2007. His clinical…
Consultant Neuroanaesthetist at St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London Beccy Campbell has been a Consultant Paediatric a…
Consultant Neuroanaesthetist at St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London. I have been a consultant neuroanaesthetist at St. George’s Hospital, London since 2016…
Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Honorary Reader, University of Edinburgh. I was educated in Manchester and at the University of Edinburgh…
NACCS Trustees
The Trustees (as registered with the Charity Commission) are:
The Constitution of the Society states: “Trustees of the Society shall be appointed in an appropriate number to satisfy the Charities Commission. Trustees shall be appointed by the Council, normally from the body of Past Presidents and their appointment reported at the Annual General Meeting of the Society. The term of office for a Trustee will normally be four years, renewable for a second term of four years.”
All the current Trustees are previous Presidents of the Society. The Trustees main role is to oversee the financial and organisational probity of the society. The Trustees are asked to approve the annual financial report and audited accounts. The immediate Past President is automatically appointed a Trustee and sits on Council to advise and act as a conduit to the other Trustees. The minutes of each Council meeting are sent to all Trustees.
President’s Message
Professor Jonathan Coles, Cambridge
It was a great privilege to receive the President’s medal from Craig at the end of the Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Society (NACCS) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Robinson College, Cambridge, 24 – 25th April 2025. Craig has enjoyed an enormously successful period as President of our society, and I’d like to thank him personally for his sound leadership over the last two years. He hands the Society over in a strong position, and my aims are simple – I plan to continue to deliver on our training, educational and research objectives for the benefit of patients requiring neuroanaesthesia and neurocritical care. To achieve this, I strongly believe that we should continue to support the training and development of the next generation of anaesthetists and intensivists with specialist skills, knowledge and interests within neurocritical care and neuroanaesthesia.
I hope you all enjoyed the ASM in Cambridge, my colleagues organised a great combination of national and international speakers with topics covering many aspects of clinical practice, training and research. On day two of our meeting, we were joined by the Paediatric Neuroanaesthesia Network (PNAN) and the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS), with internationally recognised experts providing updates within sessions covering traumatic brain injury, global health, neurosurgical developments and clinical pathology updates. I look forward to continuing to work closely with the SBNS, particularly as the current President of the SBNS is a Cambridge colleague of mine. I have known Professor Peter Hutchinson for many years, and I look forward to working with him throughout the rest of his term in office. Planning for the next NACCS ASM in Edinburgh is already well underway, and I look forward to meeting up with colleagues and friends again next year.
We have a strong team within the NACCS Council, all of whom are committed to advancing our society and supporting its membership in achieving our collective aims. I am excited to take on the role of President of our Society and I look forward to my term in office.
Thank you,
Jon