CAT Chairman - John McElwaine

Secretary - Matthew Smith

Treasurer - Katy Jepp

Social Sec - Helge Roberts




Social Sec - Soo Parkinson

ITU Rep - Ravi Kumar

Webmaster - Matt Faulds

CAT exists to provide both social and educational welfare for the trainee anaesthetists in the North Trent Region

We meet formally on the last thursday of every month. Issues and topics relevant to training and education are discussed formally followed by a more social and relaxed meeting, often in a local pub

CAT also has representatives on local committees involved in training (eg the allocation commitee and NTRAEC - North Trent Regional Anaesthetic Education Committee)

Guest speakers and representatives are invited on a monthly basis to talk to us about issues or new products

Larger more formal social events are also arranged including the annual CAT Ball in the summer

The new Chairman is John McElwaine and he is happy to discuss any issues that trainees have prior to meeting

Meetings are usually on the last Thursday of the month.

The next meeting is on Thursday 18th December in the Anaesthetic Department at Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

We maintain mailing lists to allow us to contact you about important information. All your email addresses are treated as confidential information and we don't send out an email unless it's going to be useful.

If you aren't receiving any emails via the mailing lists please send an email via one of these links:

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This is the most common error message that people will see when using the site. It is extremely annoying and will sometimes trap you in a cycle of trying to login and being told that you need to login!

Generally, this occurs when the session or page has timed out - say you've had the site open for a while or have opened another window while logged in and the site gets confused as to whether you're logged in or not. It may also happen if you try to access pages or resources that are restricted to members only. Very occasionally, it is a sign that we're doing a bit of behind the scenes work!

The best solution is just to click on the home link which will generate a new session and then login. Hopefully, a software upgrade which I plan to do in the next couple of months will reduce the frequency of this error.

This problem may have now resolved with the site upgrade. Please let me know if you can now access the site easily from AOL broadband.

Despite my best efforts I cannot get AOL to play nicely with the website. There is a problem with the way AOL broadband gives its customers an internet address, called an IP address. This is constantly changing which makes it difficult for the website to confirm that the person accessing the website is not a hacker/nasty automatic internet robot. As a result, you can't login and the registered user functions of the site are unusable from an AOL address.

If you're having difficulties logging in these tips may help:

1) Check if caps lock is on - passwords are case sensitive

2) Use the Forgotten Password function on the Login Form. This will reset your password and send you a new one via email.

Please check your Junk Mail.

3) If you are using AOL please change to a decent web browser. Firefox is the best alternative on any platform (Windows/Mac/Linux). Safari is also a good alternative.

4) If you still can't get things working, drop us a line via Contact Us and we'll sort it out. 

Registration is now via the Register link found on the Login form. If this does not work then follow the steps below.

Please check your junk mail after registration

Steps for Registration (if automatic system fails):

1. Send us your details and preferred username via the contact form here.

2. We will activate an account and email you as soon as possible with a basic password.

3. Change your password to something secure. You do this by selecting My Details in the User Menu.