Couldn’t have done it without the help of our fantastic nursing staff and junior medical staff on the ICU and of course our fabulous research, transfusion and pharmacy departments who have set the trial up and done the training - team effort!

Amazing to see what a great team can do to bring a dream to fruition! Well done - great achievement! Looking forward to seeing more sites up and running soon!

Thankyou to all the patients at the Countess who have consented to take part in a variety of COVID-19 research studies

COCH Research & Innovation Peter Bamford exactly this 🙌 Mersey ICM

My hospital in Chester is treating patients with Covid-19 in 40% of our general & acute beds, yet the news is all about London. Gives the population the impression that the problem is not theirs and the solution not in their hands. PLEASE stay at home!

One in 10 Covid patients die within months of leaving hospital, study reveals | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/health/co…

Peter bamford is fundraising for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Charitable Funds. Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/fundraising/pc…

Letter I have sent today regarding ST3 anaesthesia recruitment. Royal College of Anaesthetists Association of Anaesthetists @Anaes_Trainees Dr Claire Shannon Chris Carey Matt Hancock Department of Health and Social Care Alison McGovern

Reiterating the message from England’s CMO - with huge thanks to all our staff participating in the SIREN study, helping us find answers regarding vaccine efficacy #whywedoresearch @NIHRCRN_nwcoast Susan Gilby #HelloMyNameIsCarys Peter Bamford

Massive Congratulations Team! Intensive Care Society 💙 guidance on awake proning here: ics.ac.uk/Society/COVID-… thanks Peter Bamford Paul Dean Jane Dean Andrew Bentley noamaan wilson-baig David Whitmore Dr Stephen T Webb

My response to J Meirion Thomas’s extraordinary attack on #GeneralPractice in The Times

#BBCQuestionTime - until any of you go and spend time looking at what is going on in GP’s surgery and understand the pressure that they are under - demanding that everyone be seen face to face is just not possible… my wife finished her am surgery at 1600 today… it’s a mess

I am running the virtual London marathon and fundraising for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Charitable Funds. Check out my JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/fundraising/PC…

The SIGNET trial from NHS Blood+Transplant recently opened at the Countess, with consultant anaesthetist/intensivist Kate Tizard 💗 as PI. This is the our first experience of organ donation research, it is an so honour to have been selected nhsbt.nhs.uk/clinical-trial…

Well done #team Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust a great collaborative effort offering our patients an opportunity to participate in surgical The Sunflower Study 5th highest active site out of 55 nationally. COCH Research & Innovation Owain Jones Drs Lauren Holt, Pritesh Mistry Dale Vimalachandran Peter Bamford

EVERYBODY DANCE! 🕺 What a way to end Part I of our 10 day party!!! 🎉 A huge thank you to the incredible Nile Rodgers & CHIC, TLC, Soul II Soul and Craig Charles Funk & Soul DJ Set! Roll On Part II ☀

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To all my colleagues in intensive care - I would be delighted if you might firstly consider voting in the ICS Council elections, and secondly whether you might consider supporting my own application! Thanks Pete

#questiontime On average we consumed 2kg a year of sugar 40 years ago - that’s now 100kg a year - that’s why the nation is becoming obese - tax the companies who add this to food and subsidise fruit and vegetable production!