Training in Anaesthesia Highlands of Scotland

Here’s the Training block planner for Inverness anaesthetists this year. The blocks you are given are dependent on your year of training.

CT1 – A Week of pain training is included in this year. Those on the ACCS programme will do all of Stage 1 ICM during CT1. Towards the end of 12 months anaesthesia will be an Obstetrics block lasting up to 2 months.

CT2 – For those not on ACCS, there will be 6 months ICM. There will be another week of pain training. 2 months obstetrics block.

CT3 – 2 months orthopaedics and regional, 2 months non-theatre to catch distant site e.g. ECT, MRI. 2 months airway.

ST4 or 5 – 3 months ICM at Stage 2. 3 months ortho and regional, 2 months airway, 2 months perioperative medicine, 2 months general.

Here is is the current block planner for 2025/26.