FICM is the professional body responsible for the training, assessment, practice and continuing development of Intensive Care Medicine in the UK
#DiscoverICM
Bookings for the ACCP Conference are open.
The conference will be in Plymouth this year with a fantastic line-up of talks.
Click here to register:
Discount codes for travel and accommodation available upon booking.
Our Dean
@AlisonPittard
speaking to
@BBCNews
today
'You can’t just create staff overnight; doctors, nurses, allied health professions. Certainly in terms of critical care takes time to train people to be able to manage the critically ill patient'
🕐17:09
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Our best wishes to
@BorisJohnson
as he enters intensive care. As an ICU patient, you will have a fantastic multiprofessional team looking after you. This experience will give you a special insight into what intensive care is and its importance for the future. Get well soon.
We are delighted to report that all doctors who received an offer for ICM before the offer re-set have now received the same offer! Welcome colleagues! 💯
#ICMrules
FICM and
@JCRPTB
are delighted to announce that training in ICM and Physician Triple CCT programmes in Acute Internal, Respiratory, and Renal Medicine have been formally approved by the GMC.
For further details:
We are absolutely delighted to announce that FICM Dean
@AlisonPittard
has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Simply fantastic news!
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🚨 New simulation guidance added🚨
Simulation guidance on teaching
#COVID19
emergency intubation.
Glenfield Hospital have made sim video based on the joint guidance which may be helpful for teaching and familiaristion. Click the link below to see!
➡️
FICM are delighted to announce the election of the new FICM Dean, Dr Daniele Bryden, and the new FICM Vice Dean, Dr Jack-Parry-Jones.
Find out more information here:
Danny and Jack will take on the roles in October 2022.
@DannytheBaker
@JackParryJones2
📢NEWS: Further to the election of Dr Daniele Bryden as Dean, the
@RCoANews
Board of Trustees has agreed to scope the future move of FICM to an independent College of Intensive Care Medicine. (1/4)
The Faculty were delighted to be able to recognise the significant contributions of Prof Timothy Evans by awarding him our Gold Medal yesterday. Prof Evans was the first Vice Dean of FICM and his work and dedication has been integral to the success of the FICM and the specialty
The new Optional Skills Framework containing competencies to enable ACCPs to safely undertake inter-hospital transfers in critical care is now live!
Follow this link for more info👇
'𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴...' Dean
@AlisonPittard
speaks to Sky News
Critical Care needs a multi-professional team of staff to ensure quality of care. We must also focus on staff and their protection.
#COVID19
"If you want to respond quickly and appropriately to critically ill patients you need some additional empty resource. So we are like the hospital's fire brigade, and when they call for us, we need to be able to respond to that and we are struggling to do that" BBC
#Hospital
🚨Training in ICM with the Group 1 Physician Specialties🚨
Agreement reached with the
@gmcuk
and the Statutory Education Bodies for training to be undertaken from August 2022 in ICMe in association with the Group 1 physician specialties.
More info👉
We are pleased to announce following very positive discussions with pharmacy leads over the last few months, our plans to strengthen links with Critical Care Pharmacists
𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀➡️
@UKCPA
@UKCPACritcare
Happy
#WorldAnaesthesiaDay
🥳
Today we're celebrating & showcasing how important anaesthesia is & the vital role anaesthetists play in the care for all patients.
VP
@WHarropG
is kicking off the special celebration with a message to anaesthetists around the globe & the public.
To celebrate 10 years of FICM, we thought it was about time for a change!
Introducing our new logo😀
We've updated with the new logo and colour palette (clear your cache to see the update).
Watch this space for more
#FICM10
projects in 2020!
The Faculty and
@ICS_updates
are delighted to announce the launch of
#GPICS2
We are proud of all the hard work that went into creating GPICS2 and grateful to all those from the critical care community, whose direct input made this possible
for GPICS2
Tonight's episode of BBC's
#Hospital
includes the increasingly common problem critical care teams and our
@PICSociety
colleagues experience on a regular basis: finding critical care beds for those desperately in need of them
It's been a very eventful FICM Board today, starting with the official induction of
@AlisonPittard
and
@DannytheBaker
as Dean and Vice-Dean and of course the not so official induction of the new Dean and Vice-Dean coffee mugs...
FICM & Health Education England have agreed that the role of ACCPs will cease to fall under the scope of the Medical Associate Professions and will instead be formally aligned with the Centre for Advancing Practice.
More info➡️
#ACCP
FICM are pleased to announce, in collaboration with the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK, the release of Enhanced Care: Guidance On Service Development In The Hospital Setting
For the press release and the final copy of the guidance ➡️
We are thrilled to announce that
@AlisonPittard
and
@DannytheBaker
have successfully been elected as the new FICM Dean and Vice Dean respectively.
For more information:
Please join us in congratulating them!
Please join us in congratulating Dr Andy Campbell
@Andyfresher
,
@NWCriticalCare
as the winner of the
#FICM10
Trainer Award!
To read more about the award and Dr Campbell's nomination:
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Care at the End of Life. This document plus the accompanying lay summary provides recommendations for effective decision-making and resources for clinical teams and the general public.
For more info:
#eolFICM
The Faculty is very pleased to hear the announcement that Scotland will offer 6 more training programmes in the 2020 ICM National Recruitment. Thank you to FICM RA
@monibeatty
@sicsmembers
and
@NHS_Education
among others. We now have 110 more programmes across the UK this year.
The Faculty is really glad to hear that
@HEIW_NHS
@WGHealthandCare
have agreed to invest in the future of intensive care and add 4 more posts to ICM National
Recruitment for 2020 for Wales
#criticalworkforce
🚨FICM Board 2020 Election Results🚨
🟠3 applications received for 3 vacancies
🟠As the positions are uncontested, the 3 candidates can be duly elected without the need for a poll.
➡️
Our congratulations to
@Sarah68C
@JackParryJones2
&
@dalecgardiner
!
We are looking at the difference in pass rates of the 2 components of the FFICM OSCE/SOE exam. We have been considering the variations alongside representations and questions we received over the weekend and are meeting today and over the next few days to look into this further.
FICM Dean comments on today's
#bawagarba
ruling: "The NHS must be a place where people feel able to reflect openly and clearly on their mistakes in a culture of learning rather than of blame."
You may have noticed our logo has got into the festive spirit...well so have we!
From the 2-24 December, every other day, we will have a tweet to celebrate the 12 days of
#FICMmas
🎄
They will be centred on wellbeing, good news and good work, look out for our first one tomorrow!
We are delighted to learn from
@monibeatty
that extra posts have been secured for ICM training in Scotland from August 2021. Great news for ICM!
The press release from the Scottish Government can be found here➡️
#DiscoverICM
Hear hear! A huge well done to all our fabulous
#FFICM
candidates and examiners this week, and to the fabulous Exams Team who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to deliver the exam in very unusual circumstances. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Examining for FFICM this week-what an achievement
@FICMNews
-all done over zoom, 200+ candidates, no issues too big to overcome-real credit to the exams department and the speciality as a whole, particularly the candidates for adapting -well done
We've now been able to discuss key ramifications with the central HEE office that opted to reset ICM offers & achieved a positive outcome. A more reassuring picture than before. More info will come when offers go out again on Weds. Please read here:
Today we’re launching our updated CVC Insertion Safety Checklist alongside
@ICS_updates
.
It takes into account learning from patient safety incidents arising from this common procedure in ICU.
See for more.
Fantastic Day at the FICM Board on 19th October. Inducting our new Dean
@DannytheBaker
and Vice Dean
@JackParryJones2
as well as welcoming our new Board members. And a big thank you to our outgoing Dean!
@AlisonPittard
“We now have
#COVID
-secure pathways in hospitals — it’s important that people with health concerns unrelated to COVID continue to access healthcare.”
Our Dean
@AlisonPittard
with an important message live on
@BBCBreakfast
just now.
Introducing the brand new twitter info series,
#DiscoverACCP
!
🟣ACCPs are an important part of the multidisciplinary team.
🟣
@BOULANGERCAROLE
(Co-Chair of the ACCP Sub Committee) tell us what she loves about being an
#ACCP
@accpuk
The FICM Trainee Rep election Results are in!
Dr Catriona Felderhof
@CatFelderhof
, has been successfully elected as our next Trainee Rep. Please join us in congratulating Catriona, we look forward to working with her!
Election info and results ➡️
Sadly, we couldn't have the FICM-NIHR awards presented in person for the this year.
But we wanted to share these lovely photos of
@dr_mattmorgan
and
@RCEMprof
Dan Horner with their much deserved Early Years Awards!
More info on the awards 👉 )
The votes are in! The FICM Board election 2021 had 9 excellent candidates & we're thrilled to announce:
🟠Dr Liz Thomas
@lizgoingon
🟠Dr Monika Beatty
@monibeatty
🟠Prof Julia Wendon
have been elected. Congratulations!
Full election info👉
Intensive Care Staff Choir Join The Race For Christmas Number One🎼
👉
We're thrilled to see all the excitement over the
#iculibertysingers
single which comes out tomorrow!
We'll be tweeting tomorrow lots as part of
#FICMMas
🎄keep your eyes & ears open!
Dean
@AlisonPittard
speaks on
@thismorning
about shared decision making, critical care and
#COVID19
“We have very clear ethical and professional frameworks by which we make decisions and it’s really important to make the right decision for the patient in front of you.”
Dean
@AlisonPittard
at
@CommonsHealth
on life after critical illness & rehab for critical care patients: “It is a major area that is not adequately resourced. The Faculty is engaged with a group of experts to lead guidance as to what needs to happen.”
@MattHancock
@Jeremy_Hunt
Thank you to all the critical care teams and their many, many other NHS colleagues keeping hospital services running for patients during the current weather conditions!
#247criticalcare
Tweet us some pics. Thanks already to
@mcarpenter1967
for the great pics of his team
#FICM10
Did You Know💡
Our wonderful
#ACCPs
are the focus this time! A fantastic part of the critical care workforce, we look forward to seeing many of you at this year's meeting on 4 June in Newcastle upon Tyne
The Faculty is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Dr Cliff Mann, former President of
@RCollEM
and current
@NHSEngland
NCD for Urgent and Emergency Care. A great champion of Emergency Medicine and friend to intensive care. Condolences to his family and colleagues. RIP.
Our Dean,
@AlisonPittard
, speaks to
@BBCNews
about the practicalities of treating
#COVID19
patients in critical care. She notes that the whole critical care team will rally together for patients but the govt must consider a future review of critical care capacity
NICE critical care resource live. Guidance & toolkits, inc patient info, frailty and end of life care. Brought together by
@AlisonPittard
at the request of our colleagues at
@RCPLondon
and led by
@DannytheBaker
with input from multiple partners
#COVID19
The bitter-sweet business of awarding Dr Carl Waldmann with his Past Dean Medal as
@AlisonPittard
becomes Dean. We're thrilled to have Alison at the helm and so grateful to Carl for his fantastic work as Dean over the last 3 years.
We are saddened to hear of the death of our friend, colleague and founding Vice Dean Tim. We are so pleased to have had the chance to honour him recently. Our thoughts are with his family.
The Faculty were delighted to be able to recognise the significant contributions of Prof Timothy Evans by awarding him our Gold Medal yesterday. Prof Evans was the first Vice Dean of FICM and his work and dedication has been integral to the success of the FICM and the specialty
ICM ST3 recruitment is open for applications today. ICM is a varied and rewarding speciality,
@dannythebaker
tell us what she enjoys most
about it.
To find out more about a career in ICM
To apply
#discoverICM
The results of the 2022 FICM Board elections have been confirmed. We are pleased to announce that the following people have been elected:
🟠Dr Shashikumar Chandrashekaraiah
🟠Dr Matthew Williams
🟠Dr Peter Hersey
🟠Dr Dhruv Parekh
Full information👉
Diverse patients✅
Supporting patients on their entire journey✅
Linchpin specialty of any acute hospital✅
Dr Liz Wilson,
@sicsmembers
President, reasons to
#DiscoverICM
'𝘼 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 – 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧!'
We're pleased to announce the release of the 'Better Together' frame work, produced with
@RCollEM
Focussing on how emergency care & critical care can work together more closely & learn from each other to the benefit of patients
Document & more info:
FICM Dean
@AlisonPittard
"The NHS always plans for major incidents. It learns from those events". However, we are in "a different landscape ... year on year we've seen a 4% increase in critical care activity but what we haven't seen is a corresponding increase in resource".
FICM is pleased to announce the publication of Guidelines on the Management of ARDS; a joint project with
@ICS_updates
and endorsed by
@BTSrespiratory
to find out more
Join us for Leading the Way on 6 May where Dr Paul Dean
@D1975P
and Dr Charlotte Summers
@charlot_summers
will debate 'The way to improve ICU care is by local quality improvement not research'
📚4 CPD points
💻Full programme & booking:
😃See you there!
We are pleased to announce that the new FICM Deputy Trainee Representative will be Dr Waqas Akhtar. Dr Akhtar will be starting his post in January 2023.
Full election results can be found here:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗖𝗠/𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
🟠Response to FICM and
@JRCPTB
proposal paper submitted to Curriculum Oversight Group of the GMC
🟠The future of ICM/physician training and next steps
Learn More ➡️
We are delighted to announce the publication today of 'Guidance on Establishing and Delivering Enhanced Perioperative Care Services', a joint publication with
@CPOC_News
and with collaboration from multiple national bodies and senior leaders.
NI will offer 4 more programmes for ICM at this year's National Recruitment. This means new programmes in all 4 nations of the UK and brings the total to 114 new posts. Thank you to all involved, fantastic news
@r_mckee
@scimedic
@_NIMDTA
@HSCBoard
The Faculty is very pleased to hear the announcement that Scotland will offer 6 more training programmes in the 2020 ICM National Recruitment. Thank you to FICM RA
@monibeatty
@sicsmembers
and
@NHS_Education
among others. We now have 110 more programmes across the UK this year.
We'd like to thank everyone that took part in the survey which created the 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 report.
Read
@denis_campbell
's article about it here.
Please see the joint statement from the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and BACCN re second phase NHS response and impact on Critical Care:
@BACCNUK
Don't forget to check out the latest edition of the FICM Safety Bulletin:
The Safety Bulletin covers safety-related issues in critical care. This edition highlights equipment, staffing, medication and much more.
🚨The application window for 2021 ICM recruitment will open from 10:00 today🚨
🟠
🟠Closes 17 December 2020 4pm
🟠 for more ICM careers information
Take a look at
@KenMcGrattan
's
#DiscoverICM
for why he loves ICM!
#ICMforall
The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the
@ICS_updates
are delighted to jointly launch Version 2.1 of the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS).
👉