The number of people with cancer continues to rise & the experience of cancer is getting worse for many people. This World Cancer Day Macmillan Cancer Support we are working with Governments across the UK to tackle the cancer care gap & ensure everyone can access the best cancer care.

Sex & Intimacy After Surgery. #February brings conversations about #love & #intimacy, for many who’ve had colorectal or pelvic floor surgery, sex isn’t always straightforward. Our published research explored the realities, physical, emotional & psychological of sex after

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Exciting/ rare job opportunity! We have a brand new B7 OT post available to develop the service on our Cardiac ICU. If you love neuro rehab, delirium mgment and working with a lush team then this is yours! ⁦Intensive Care Society 💙⁩ ⁦⁦Critical Care Occupational Therapist⁩ jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

I’m looking forward to giving a patient’s perspective on CPR & my #DNACPR, #AdvancedDirective & #RESPECT form, and how they aren’t a negative, but taking control of my medical care. I will also be talking about my #ICUrecovery #YICC2025 #resus2runner Sign up link below 👇🏻

🚨 Our #SOA25 programme is now LIVE! 🚨 🎥 Watch the video below to discover what makes SOA so unique🎥 🔗Explore the programme and secure your place today! bit.ly/SOA25programme

Tickets are going fast for #YICC2025! Don’t miss out, book yours now for a day of unmissable ICU education!👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🩺 tickettailor.com/events/yorkshi… Full programme coming soon, keep your eyes peeled 👀

8 years ago I woke up in the worst pain I’d ever been in after my stoma surgery, terrified what a future with a stoma would mean… Turns out I needn’t have worried 🙃💜 Happy 8th Stomaversary to my stoma that allows me to keep doing crazy things 🕶️ #TacklingTheStomaStigma

More than a third of UK adults in the UK do not know what the symptoms of bowel cancer are. April is bowel cancer awareness month, so let’s get talking about them 👇

We are very proud to announce the programme for #YICC25! Join us at Yorkshire Wildlife Park 🦁 for a day of unmissable education on a huge range of topics from national experts! Tickets are in short supply! 🚨 get yours here before they go! tickettailor.com/events/yorkshi… #ICU #CriticalCare #MedEd

Closing the day, we are welcoming Rebecca 💙 to reflect on life and death in ICU from the patient’s perspective

Yorkshire Intensive Care Conference TOXBASE Having conversations and making sure your wishes for resuscitation and care are known to your loved ones is so important. A complete privilege to hear from Rebecca 💙 today Yorkshire Intensive Care Conference #YICC2025 🦁🐯🐻

📊Alongside our Comparative Reports, we’ve created easy-to-digest infographics for CMP and NCAA — and for the first time, thanks to feedback from our PPI representatives, non-clinical versions too! 🧠💬 Check them out here👉 icnarc.org/audit/ #CAAW25

8 people helped save my life in 2017 by giving a pint of blood 🩸 Can you help save a life this week? Give Blood NHS 🩸🩹 blood.co.uk/news-and-campa…

Who should plug the deficit, benefit claimants or billionaires? While Rachel Reeves is planning cuts to the long term sick & disabled #PIP MPs have got a 2.8% pay rise How can this be right? Clamp down on the cheats #TaxTheRich Keir Starmer Nadia Whittome MP Zöe Franklin MP

An important reminder - look beyond the patient and support the people around the patient, it’s this network which is key in helping the patient recover both psychologically and physically once discharged. #SOA25 #recoverybeyondsurvival NCEPOD

Thinking outside the box #palliativecare It starts with the first conversation. What does the patient want? #SOA2025 Intensive Care Society 💙

#palliativecare challenges in research and practice. Is the ICU terminology confusing or overwhelming for patients and families? Stephanie Meddick-Dyson #SOA2025 Intensive Care Society 💙

When should we be doing #AdvancedCarePlanning? The answer is in the name… It shouldn’t be done in an emergency. All members of staff asked thought #ReSPECT was great but struggled to find a ‘good time’. *we won’t rob people of help, we can write down their wishes* #SOA2025

Survivors have suffered for too long, this report must be a catalyst for change