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Today, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine are pleased to announce the publication of the Guidelines on the Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The guideline was a joint project with the Intensive Care Society and the recommendations are supported by the British Thoracic Society.
The purpose is to provide an...
In 2017 Health Education England committed to work with stakeholders to explore the factors that help or hinder education about antimicrobial resistance and to identify good practice materials for promotion.
We asked those that train healthcare workers what works well in an educational environment, what the challenges are and how Health...
Please click here to read a letter from Prof David Black and Dr Tom Gallacher updating all Training Programme Directors, Regional Advisers and Faculty Tutors regarding the Implementation of the Internal Medicine Curriculum.
If you have any questions about the letter please contact the Faculty at contact@ficm.ac.uk...
The National Guideline Centre (NGC) has been commissioned by NICE to update the guideline on Atrial fibrillation: management. They are currently recruiting the committee for this guideline. The advert details are listed on the NICE website at https://www.nice.org.uk/get-involved/our-committees/join-a-committee. The closing date is 11 July at 5pm.
They are specifically...
The Faculty is pleased to hear about government plans for a real increase in NHS funding in England over the coming five years.
"We have been working over the last year with key healthcare stakeholders, including the DHSC and NHS England, to raise the profile...
The FICM support the AoMRC and RCoA statements on Sir Norman Williams’ rapid policy review of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.
2 New Roles in SSUAG
The FICM Smaller and Specialist Units Advisory Group (SSUAG) are looking for two new members. If you’re a consultant working in a smaller, remote or rural unit and would like to get involve please read the job description and apply with your CV...
FICM are pleased to announce the launch of three resources relating to our work on Critical Futures and workforce.
Critical Futures webpages
The Critical Futures initiative now has a permanent home on our website ribbon (here). This resource currently includes the first Report, a breakdown...
After working with staff and patients at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, the Faculty are proud to present this video detailing how crucial ACCPS are to the modern NHS. Interviews from Medical Director - Aidan Harris, ACCP - Carole Boulanger, ICU Clinical Lead- Rebecca Appleboam, Patient Michael Belcher and...
FICM and the RCoA were made aware yesterday of problems with the RCPL-led medical training recruitment processes. This has had a knock-on effect to destabilise single and dual specialty ICM recruitment which we know has caused anxiety for our members involved in the current application round.
The Faculty and the College...