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Society of Intensive Care West of England
Next meeting 22-23 January 2026
🥳 SICOWE 2026 tickets are available for purchase!

💡 Abstract submissions are also open

📲 More info here sicowe.org.uk
SICOWE
Society of Intensive Care of the West of England
sicowe.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📊 For our final presentation Jos Latour gets us voting as he discusses colleague compassion and empathy #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sophia Henderson makes the case for palliative care in ICU #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Liam Scott starts our afternoon session with a death-defining presentation #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🏆 This year's prize winners:
The Colin Hall President's Prize: Angharad Mitchell
The Guy Jordan Prize: Amanda Shackleton
SICOWE Prize: Emma Wickman
Poster Prize: Kat Beck
Review of the Year Prize: Hal Munby
January 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Many thanks to our trade partners for their support again this year! #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Our final contender is Jo Poole with a run down of new discoveries about the metabolism of critically unwell patients #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📢 Take 'Tobacco dependency' out of social history and into medical problem list. Hal Munby reviews respiratory publications from the last year #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ya-Hui Liang interprets some impactful publications from the last year and how they have shaped practice in UHBW #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
First out the blocks is Emma Bailey with SLT Wrapped 2024 🎶 #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Next up is the hotly anticipated 'Review of the Year' session #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We get an update on the latest AHP-led research from Dr Owen Gustafson #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ben Gibbison talks about getting the basics right in building research projects. #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
First up is Dr Julie Menzies talking about bringing research ideas to life #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This morning's session is 'Practical research' #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🏃 Runners at the ready for last night's fun run (to the pub) #sicowe25
January 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
SICOWE 2025's keynote speaker is Al Sylvester MBE talking about his experience of surviving sepsis and recovery from ICU with 'My Mind over Matter' and setting himself some completely reasonable rehabilitation goals #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Last up Clodagh Beattie gives us a sneak peak at data from the DINE-NORMAL feasibility study comparing intermittent and continuous feeding #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🤔 Why aren't we doing that? Amanda Shackleton demonstrates incredible cost savings from proper organisation of medication fridges #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
*cough *cough Ema Swingwood guides us through undertaking a Delphi process to develop a core outcome set for trials of airway clearance interventions #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Rachel Evans tells us about NBT's Nurse Education Team experience of setting up a journal club for IENs #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sheonagh Hayes makes safety data entertaining with her presentation on Nurse-led proning #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It wouldn't be free papers without a tea trolley project! Henry Oldershaw presents a MDT patient safety project from RUH for patients with a laryngectomy #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Next up is Annie Mitchell reporting on a multi-faceted Nurse-led project aiming to improve the quality of maternal care in ICU
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Amy Vetharajan tells our panel of judges about setting up a MDT transfer education programme focussing on patient safety and investment in staff #sicowe25
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM