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A joint statement has been released by the Statutory Education Bodies covering the release of candidates and doctors in PG training for both recruitment and exams. The statement has been co-signed by Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard as Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC).
To access the statement please click here.
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As the current surge in the covid pandemic has left hospitals and critical care services working at full stretch, it was vital for us to review the arrangements for the National ICM recruitment process currently underway for 2021. Reviewing the planned process for this year, it is now not going...
Essential medicines information to support complex decision-making and dynamic prescribing in critical care
Pharmaceutical Press, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s knowledge business has announced the launch of Critical Illness, essential drug information supporting the critical care multi-disciplinary team. Available on subscription through MedicinesComplete from January 2021, Critical Illness supports complex decision-making and...
The Association of Anaesthetists, the Intensive Care Society, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Royal College of Anaesthetists have issued a joint statement about the NHS’s decision to delay the administration of a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Please click below to download the full pdf....
The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine are urging people across the United Kingdom and those visiting it, to remain vigilant over the Christmas period. With a worrying rise in Coronavirus cases being seen across the country, hospitals are under considerable pressure. We all...
A 100-strong Zoom choir made up of ICU staff are aiming for a different kind of viral release with a re-make of classic Police track ‘Every Breath You Take’ in a bid to secure the Christmas number one spot and raise funds to support NHS staff recovery from the trials...
The Faculty of Intensive Care and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine are pleased to release Better together: collaborative working between emergency and critical care for open consultation.
This document is a nationally agreed strategy document with practical outcomes to foster closer working relationships and to achieve consistency in clinical...
We are very pleased to announce that agreement has been reached with the GMC and the four Statutory Education Bodies for training to be undertaken from August 2022 in Intensive Care Medicine in association with the Group 1 physician specialties. As there will not be any separation of internal medicine...
The Faculty are delighted to announce that the new ICM Curriculm: Supporting Excellence has now officially been approved by the General Medical Council (GMC) and as such, it will be implemented on 04 August 2021. However, for those wishing to submit an application to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist...
Tociluzimab is a monoclonal antibody which until recently has been used predominantly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
It is one of a number of immunomodulatory drugs being evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19;...