The Royal College of Anaesthetists 8th National Audit Project (NAP8) will study complications of regional anaesthesia (peripheral nerve blocks and central neuraxial blockade) and local anaesthetic infiltration as well as perioperative spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury.

Around 1 in 4 anaesthetics involve peripheral, regional, or central neuraxial block in some form. The NAP8 case registry will focus on the major complications of this, and also conduct an activity survey to collect information around neurological complications associated with general anaesthesia. 

The study will include three components: