The Faculty of - Intensive Care Medicine - GUIDELINES FOR THE PROVISION

One of the criticisms of the first edition was the underrepresentation of authors from smaller units and the devolved nations; we have addressed this in the second edition, recognising that the majority of critical care is not delivered in large tertiary centres. [...] There is ongoing work into the development of enhanced care4 in the UK and this work may lead to the modification of the levels of care in the future. [...] The UK intensive care community should encourage and develop a validated methodology to review referrals to intensive care and evaluate decision making and subsequent outcomes relating to intensive care admission and refusal. [...] The UK intensive care community should encourage and develop validated measures of quality of care relating to end of life and bereavement. [...] Evaluating the post-intensive care period in hospital may provide insights into the quality of intensive care rehabilitation, the timeliness and appropriateness of intensive care discharge, the quality of care on the wards and of end of life care decision making.