The Department of Anaesthesia at Alder Hey looks to provide safe and compassionate care for infants, children and young people who require anaesthesia, sedation, or pain relief. Usually, this is because our patients are undergoing surgical operations -anything from brain surgery to foot surgery and everything in between- but it also includes providing anaesthesia for some non-surgical procedures such as complex scans.
The Jackson Rees Department of Anaesthesia
We run pre-operative assessment clinics to help prepare children for surgery, and we work closely with specialist nurses to provide an around-the-clock Acute Pain Service. Anaesthetists are also heavily involved with the trauma service at Alder Hey and with the Chronic Pain Clinic. So, from grommets to open heart surgery, we are here to help with more than 20,000 anaesthetics each year. And the name? We are proud to bear the name of Dr Gordon Jackson Rees– a pioneering specialist paediatric anaesthetist in Liverpool who did so much to improve anaesthesia for children all over the world over. We look to continue his work in our care.
More information for professionals More information for patients and familiesPain Service at Alder Hey
Our pain service cares for patients with pain related to injuries, operations, tests, procedures and medical conditions.
It is important for children to be able to tell us when they are in pain and how much pain they are in, and we have worked hard to give all of our patients an effective way to communicate this to us.
This includes a Pain Passport, which provides lots of helpful information and sections for you to fill in to keep track of what medications you’re taking, which teams are treating you and much more. Speak to your care team to find out more about the Pain Passport today!
Helpful links and books for chronic painPainbusting – a useful guide for the whole family
This video has been produced to help explain how we help you with pain. Watch it to find out more.
You can also ask the team about Painbusters, a cartoon guide to pain relief at Alder Hey. It’s designed for the whole family and you can read about how we can measure pain, how we can manage pain, the types of pain medicine we use, and some special pain-relieving techniques we can use after surgery.
Meet the teams
Contact Us
The Jackson-Rees Department of Anaesthesia is located in the 2A office space of the Alder Hey hospital building.
To get in touch, please email [email protected] or call on 0151 252 5223.
To reach the Pain Service, call 0151 252 5003.