Workforce
Intensive Care Medicine is a growing specialty
As we grow, it is important that accurate workforce data is available so that the specialty can plan for future, in terms of training need, service requirements and considering how the specialty might look with different models of delivery. Workforce planning for Intensive Care Medicine has become a high priority for the Faculty.
There are estimated (based on census and membership statistics) to be circa 2,300 ICM consultants across the UK. As the majority of ICM consultants also practise in a second specialty, this is likely to translate to circa <1,150 Whole Time Equivalent ICM consultants.
In this section
The Critical Staffing series brings together recognised and practical best practice frameworks on staffing
The Data Bank brings together all the key messages and key data sources on workforce for adult critical care
Working together across the UK to promote Intensive Care Medicine as a career choice, irrespective of gender
Information for International Medical Graduates interested in ICM in the UK
15 February 2022
The Smaller and Specialist Units Advisory Group (SSUAG) was set up to give a voice to units that have not historically been well represented on national bodies.
1 October 2021
Bringing together stakeholders from across a region to build up a picture of both key local workforce messages and Trust-level projection data
1 February 2022
In 2018 the FICM ran a survey of its membership to understand the complex picture behind the UK’s critical care bed capacity
Want to know more?
Read a helpful and succinct breakdown of key workforce strategies and output.