Our new project to provide information and support for families is called ICU Unwrapped. This is still a work in progress but we hope it can prove to be a helpful source of information. ICU Unwrapped was developed and written by Dr Simon Flood and Sister Sarah Long.
Information to support patients and relatives is available on the West Yorkshire Critical Care Network website – this includes the ICU Steps Support Group.
If you’d like to share feedback you can do this through our friends and family test.
Useful links
West Yorkshire Critical Care and Major Trauma Network
British Heart Foundation
Support people with heart conditions.
Tel: 0300 330 3311
British Lung Foundation
Support people with lung conditions.
Tel: 03000 030 555
Email: [email protected]
Brake
Road safety charity providing support for road crash victims.
Tel: 0808 8000401
Email: [email protected]
Cancer Research UK
Information on the Cancer Research website.
Tel: 0808 800 4040
Guillain Barre Syndrome Support Group
Headway
Helpline: 0808 800 2244
(Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm)
Intensive Care Society
The ICS aims to provide information for patients and relatives that is helpful, concise and relevant to each step of a patient’s treatment and recovery from critical illness.
ICU Steps
The intensive care patient support charity.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Tel: 0808 808 0000
Meningitis Research Foundation
Tel: 08088 003 344
Myasthenia Gravis Association
National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s and Colitis UK aims to improve life for everyone affected by inflammatory bowel disease.
Tel: 0845 130 2233
Organ Donation
Tel: 0300 123 2323
The Samaritans
The Samaritans can help you explore your options, understand your problems better, or just be there to listen.
Email: [email protected]
UK Sepsis Trust
Provides support to patients & their relatives, including those bereaved by sepsis.
Tel: 0845 606 6255
Spinal Injuries Association
Spinal are the expert, guiding voice for life after spinal cord injury.
Tel: 0800 980 0501
The Stroke Association
The UKs leading stroke charity
Tel: 0303 303 3100
Take Heart
The charity of the Yorkshire Heart Centre.
Research
We are active in promoting research and your relative may be asked for permission to enrol you in a clinical trial.
All research requires consent and this and the reasons and methods of the research will be fully explained to you.