Results of FICM Intensivist in Training Representative Election 2025
We are pleased to announce that Dr Vaarisan Ganeshalingam, an ICM/Anaes trainee from Dorset County Hospital, has been successfully elected as our Deputy Intensivist in Training Representative. We hope you will join us in congratulating and welcoming them to the Faculty!
Vaarisan will officially start the term of office at our Board meeting on the 21 January 2026.
Their election statement was as follows:
Dr Vaarisan Ganeshalingam -Dorset County Hospital
As a ST7 dual ICM/anaesthetic trainee I fully understand the long and arduous nature of medical training in the UK, which at times can feel like a tick box exercise. It does not have to be that way and as we transition from a faculty to a college, it is more important than ever that we have a strong voice at the table. I am someone with a track record in representing and advocating for trainees at all levels with my previous roles as Wessex ICM rep, Wessex BMA co-chair and member of the national JDC.
My priorities:
- Work closely with regional reps to form closer ties and to reduce regional disparities in training. Ensure the flexibility within the curriculum is filtered down at regional level to create a training programme tailored to the needs of the individual.
- Reduce the hurdles to pursuing OOPEs and providing more consistency and transparency in recognising those experiences towards training.
- Work to ensure a clear scope of practice for ACCPs which protects the training of ICM trainees.
- Advocate that there is no increase in our fees as trainees as we transition to a college.
- Continue the work on reducing the bureaucratic burden of training.