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Dr Duncan Wagstaff

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  • University College Hospital

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7073605

Professional background

Dr Duncan Wagstaff read Graduate Entry Medicine at Oxford University, having previously studied Natural Sciences (Physics) at Cambridge University. 

He trained in anaesthesia in Central London, with sub-speciality interests in obstetrics, paediatrics and perioperative medicine. He completed a PhD at UCL evaluating how data from a national clinical audit were used for local quality improvement.

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Research interests

Duncan is currently pursuing postdoctoral health services research at UCL. He is using mixed-methods to study quality improvement in critical care in low- and middle-income countries, healthcare inequalities in perioperative care in the UK, and the adequacy of neuraxial anaesthesia during caesarean deliveries.

Publications

  • Evidence based quality improvement for prescribing stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study. Wagstaff D et al. Implementation Science. 2025. 
  • Interventions for improving critical care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review. Wagstaff D et al. ICM. 2024. 
  • Systematic development and validation of a predictive model for major postoperative complications in the Peri-operative Quality Improvement Project (PQIP) dataset. Oliver C et al. Anaesthesia. 2024. 
  • Perioperative medicine: challenges and solutions for global health. Wagstaff D. Shenouda J. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2023 
  • Adopting and adapting perioperative medicine for Global Surgery. Shenouda J et al. BJA. 2023 
  • Obstetric anaesthesia over the next 10 years: Africa and Middle East. Wagstaff D et al. IJOA. 2023. 
  • Development and internal validation of a multivariable risk-adjustment model for morbidity on postoperative day 7 in adult patients undergoing major elective colorectal surgery in the United Kingdom. Bedford JR et al. Anaesthesia. 2023 
  • A scoping review of the use of perioperative National Clinical Audit data for local quality improvement. Wagstaff D et al. Perioperative Medicine Journal. 2022 
  • Revitalising audit and feedback by understanding and responding to local contexts. Wagstaff Det al.  BMJ. 2020. 
  • Surgical surveillance in resource-poor settings. Beane A et al. Lancet. 2018. 
  • Improvement science in anaesthesia. Wagstaff D et al. Curr Anesthesiol Rep. 2017.