News

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Posted: 19 February 2019

Exploring the quality of care received by young people on long-term ventiliation

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) is conducting a survey on the quality of care provided for young people on long-term ventilation (LTV) aged between 0-24. NCEPOD will then produce a report for clinicians and other professionals about how to improve their care and will also produce guidance for patients...

Posted: 12 October 2018

Advanced Critical Care Practitioners Sub-Committee are seeking new Consultant members

New roles available in the ACCPSC

The FICM Advanced Critical Care Practitioners Sub-Committee (ACCPSC) are seeking new Consultant members. The committee is made up of both ACCPs and Consultants. If you’re a Member of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and would like to get involve please read the job description and...

Posted: 1 October 2018

NIHR awards out now

The Faculty are pleased to work with the National Institute for Health Research’s Clinical Research Network to offer two clinical awards, each with a £1000 prize.

The awards are focussed on clinicians who undertake research alongside their daytime activities rather than clinical academics. Click on the link below for more information...

Posted: 26 September 2018

e-ICM Survey

The e-ICM e-learning project is an online ICM education programme consisting of over 700 sessions free to anyone working in the NHS. Embedded within the Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) hub and funded by FICM and NHS Education, the aim is to make easily accessible educational content for those working...

Posted: 12 September 2018

Reflective Practice Guidance

Following calls from doctors, responsible officers and appraisers, for clearer information on what is meant by 'reflection' as part of practice; the Academy, the Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans (COPMeD), the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC) have produce...

Posted: 11 September 2018

Professor Graham Ramsay

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine regret to announce the death of Professor Graham Ramsay, who died on September 6th 2018. He was President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) from 2004 - 2006.

Amongst his many notable achievements he created the PACT programme,...

Posted: 10 September 2018

FICM Clinical Excellence Awards Survey

The Faculty is pleased to report that it has been accepted as a ranking and nominating body for the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) process, which we understand will continue into 2019. This means that ICM now has both the Faculty and the...

Posted: 7 September 2018

Faculty statement regarding SNAP2 publication

The Faculty welcomes the first publication arising from the work of the 2^nd Sprint National Anaesthesia Project: Epidemiology of Critical Care provision after Surgery (SNAP-2: EpiCCS).This BJA article concentrates on risk factors for cancellation of major surgery and naturally includes issues of critical care capacity.

SNAP-2 findings rightly...

Posted: 3 September 2018

HEE Report Launch: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance

HEE Report Launch

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: The role of formative assessments

Health Education England surveyed the inclusion of competencies developed by the Government’s expert advisory committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) and Public Health England (PHE) into health professional curricula...

Posted: 22 August 2018

NCEPOD Study on long-term ventilation (LTV) in young people

NCEPOD is undertaking a new study to identify remediable factors in the care of patients before their 25^th Birthday who are receiving, or have received LTV.

Please read below for further details on the Case Note Reviewers they require;

It will be a retrospective review of patients receiving LTV over a two year...

Posted: 15 August 2018

Publication of Care of the critically ill woman in childbirth; enhanced maternal care

Published today, the Care of the critically ill woman in childbirth; enhanced maternal care 2018 summarises recommendations relevant to the care of pregnant or recently pregnant, acutely or chronically unwell women, who require acute hospital maternity and critical care specialist services. The development of...

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