Updates

Dr Isabeau Walker, consultant anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital London, just returned from a visit with Chain of Hope to the Children’s Heart Hospital and the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa. Here is her account of the visit:…

Atul Gawande talks to Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand about developing the Surgical Safety Checklist, writing The Checklist Manifesto and indie rock music in the operating theatre. Click here to listen.

The 10th Pan Arab Congress will be held in Damascus, Syria, on 5-7 May 2011. Dr Angela Enright, one of the Lifebox leaders, is among the international faculty taking part in the event and you can read more about the…

Professor Alan Merry will be speaking at the upcoming annual conference hosted by the Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiología y Reanimación, held in Medellin 17-20 March 2011. For more information about the conference, please click here.

We are excited to launch our new website, helping us stay in touch with colleagues around the world to make safer healthcare a reality for patients everywhere. We would love to have your feedback and comments on the site –…

Professor Atul Gawande will be speaking at the opening session of the American Society of Anaesthesiologists Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on 15 October 2011. More information about the ASA Annual Meeting is available here.

Lifebox is proud to announce an ongoing collaboration with Smile Train, an international charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery for children in developing countries. Since 2000, Smile Train has…