If you or someone you love is admitted to intensive care, it can be a time of considerable stress and worry. It may be helpful to understand what you can expect to happen in intensive care, both as a patient and as a relative.

Intensive care is a made up of multi-professional teams, including doctors, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, occupational therapists, and others allied healthcare professionals. They are there to care for you, or your loved one, and to answer your questions while in an intensive care unit (ICU).

ICS support intensive care by:

leading on research in to intensive care to enable better patient outcomes

providing essential education programmes and resources to ensure teams are up-to-date

providing lifesaving guidance for professionals

providing wellbeing and psychological support

Facilitating the delivery of rehabilitation to help get patients back on their feet