Intensive care medicine
The paediatric intensive care physician resuscitates, stabilises, transfers and treats critically ill and injured children - find out about this sub-specialty.
Rosetrees Trust - Project Grants [CLOSED]
Funds translational research that will lead to major advances in medical treatment. Priority will be given to projects addressing a key clinical need and have a good chance of being developed further towards clinical translation and patient benefit.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline
Medical Research Council - Various Research Grants
The Medical Research Council offer regular, continuous funding opportunities. Funding is available for groups and individuals in any scientific area relevant to the MRC.
Award programme/theme
Early career investigator award
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Health Foundation - Efficiency Research Programme [CLOSED]
The programme aims to research ideas on the new ways of thinking that generate new knowledge with a focus on productivity and retention within the health care workforce.
Award programme/theme
Programme grant
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3-5 years
Health Foundation - Policy Challenge Fund [CLOSED]
To support high-quality, original policy analysis that will generate insight to support and inform policy makers on important current and future issues in UK health policy.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
Up to 1 year
Health Foundation - Innovating for Improvement [CLOSED]
Aims to support innovative approaches and ideas. Projects should test and develop ideas and approaches to improve health and social care delivery or the way people manage their own health care in the UK.
Award programme/theme
Innovation award
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
15 months
Document
How does PaedCCF ICU work? A step-by-step guide
As a paediatrician, how well do you listen to parents, carers and children? The Paediatric Carers of Children Feedback (PaedCCF) tool helps you measure how well you interact with these groups in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and to identify any areas that may need attention. You will need to get at...
Committee
Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine Intercollegiate SAC
The purpose of the PICM ISAC is to supervise the development and delivery of training and assessment standards in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine as set out by its parent specialty(ies). The Committee will function and be recognised as the official CSAC for all matters relating to Paediatric Inte...
Resource
Diagnosis of death by neurological criteria (DNC) in infants, children and adolescents
The RCPCH updated the criteria for the diagnosis of death by neurological criteria (DNC) in infants, children and adolescents. This is presented in Appendix 2 of 'A Code of Practice on the diagnosis and confirmation of death', published by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in January 2025.
News
Sharp rise in children admitted to intensive care in England and Wales since 2009
30 October 2017
Research published today in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood shows a sharp rise in children admitted to intensive care in England and Wales since 2009, a trend which is not explained by either population growth or the rising birth rate. An analysis of admissions data from the Paediatric Intensi...