The Shift to Private Practice
When you move from the NHS to private practice, the administrative burden shifts. You don't have a department auditing your cases for you. You are the department. You need a logbook that captures the clinical details for your own records and revalidation, but without the academic bloat of a training portfolio. You need speed, and you need accurate timestamps for billing.
This template is stripped down for efficiency. It drops the endless "teaching" fields of training logs and focuses on what matters to a consultant: ASA grade, Priority, and the specific Anaesthetic technique delivered.
The Daily Reality: Solo Flying
In private practice, you are often working Consultant Solo. This template makes that the default assumption but allows you to quickly tag Supervision if you have a trainee or are teaching. The primary goal here is to get the case recorded before the patient leaves recovery.
The Anaesthetic 2 field is particularly useful for tracking regional techniques in a high-turnover list. If you are doing a list of ten hand surgeries, you can quickly log "Brachial Plexus Axillary" for each one. This isn't just for audit; it's your personal record of technical proficiency. If a patient comes back with a nerve issue, you have an immediate, contemporaneous record of exactly what block was performed.
The Data Payoff: Revalidation Ready
Come revalidation time, you need to show your case mix. This logbook allows you to effortlessly generate a report showing your split between Orthopaedics, Gynae, and General surgery. You can demonstrate your case complexity by filtering for ASA 3 and 4 patients. And with the Incidents fields, you maintain a private, secure record of any adverse events, ensuring you have your own detailed notes if a query ever arises years down the line. It is professional insurance in database form.