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Max and Keira’s Law came in to force on the 20th May 2020 and brought renewed hope to the thousands of people on the UK transplant waiting list.

Written by: Claire Williment

In this blog, David describes bias and how it can have a profound effect on people’s lives. Implicit or unconscious bias may be described as attitudes that affect our understanding, perceptions, actions, and decisions without us having an awareness of their effect on us.

Written by Dr David Baglow

This blog aims to present a brief update on the management of stroke and subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), with particular reference to critical care.

Written by: Colin McAdam

We were approaching the end of April. We had just come through a CQC inspection, COVID was in full swing on our 13 bedded unit, running 3 times our capacity having spilled out into our main theatres, anaesthetic rooms and recovery.

Written by: Som Sarkar

Post graduate exams are hard. They have a huge impact on the candidate’s life. It can be difficult to put the rest of your life on hold for 3 months to focus on revision, but this is unfortunately necessary.

Written by: Matt Bromley

FFICM is a ‘high stakes’ exam taken by ICM trainees, and is mandatory before entry it stage 3 training.

Written by: Victoria Robson

As a dual trainee who had never jumped off the training treadmill, I was looking forward to my maternity leave.

Written by Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden

Nine things you didn’t know you wanted to know about Vancomycin….

Written by: Pete Hersey

Preparation for the Final FFICM was tough and consumed much of my free time for several months.

Written by: Bhaskar Narayan

Back at the start of the year, we all watched the news with curiosity about a place called Wuhan, and a new coronavirus that was ravaging the city. We continued to watch with further interest as it made its way towards Europe.

Written by Dr Sarah Marsh