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Restarting planned surgery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Produced with our partners, this important document is now available on the joint hub.
As we try to start reintroducing services it is important to ensure that critical care has capacity to support this, not just in terms...
The Departments of Health and Social Care across the four nations of the UK retain an overview of the number of new patients presenting to the NHS with COVID-19. At present, it appears that the measures of social distancing and lockdown have worked and we have reached the peak of...
FICM have produced a statement outlining considerations regarding sustainable working by senior intensive care doctors and Advanced Critical Care Practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic, endorsed by the UKCPA. Please click here for full statement.
5 Key Messages
It has been 24 hours since Health Education England’s announcement that there will be 100 new positions for trainees recruited in this year’s national recruitment. We have worked with them closely in recent weeks to both the make the case and then...
The Faculty is incredibly pleased to hear the announcement from Health Education England that there will be a major boost for intensive care training.
We have long championed the need for an increase in posts across the United Kingdom. This is to both address historical inequity in...
The Association of Clinical Psychologists is offering a confidential self-referral service for senior medical staff, clinical team leaders and senior management to provide one-to-one psychological support for those who feel they would benefit from it. ACP-UK is also offering a series of webinars offering psychological support for frontline staff.
Reporting of patients for national/international data registries
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic will leave in its wake a substantial burden of neurological disease. This will occur in many forms from the common (critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy, hypoxic encephalopathy, stroke, delirium etc.),...
The Faculty have released a statement on the redeployment of ICM Trainees to the Nightingale Hospitals, please see here.
The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of Physicians have released a joint statement regarding the redeployment of trainees dual training in ICM and EM or Medical specialties as the pandemic progresses. Please read the full statement here.
The Faculty would like to share this guidance for confirmation of death in a positive or suspected Covid 19 patient. This is just one example that we have adapted for widespread distribution. It is a practical approach that can be adopted during the pandemic. We are extremely grateful for people...