Does anyone know of a PFAC specifically for an ICU?

[Alies Maybee]

Cecile Hallenstein-Bricout works in Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust in London, UK. She is a senior staff nurse, working in ICU (intensive care unit), and is currently doing a research internship, where she focuses on the Patient and Family Advisory Council in ICU.

She would like to ask if any of us are aware of the existence of a Patient and Family advisory council implemented in ICU in Canada.

If so, is it an initiative that you would encourage hospitals to implement, especially in ICU?
Which guideline/handbook are being followed?
What are the impacts of these groups on patients and relatives?

She has found some valuable documents and studies about such groups implemented in primary care structures and wards in hospitals, but nothing so far in ICU.

Please respond directly to Cecile at: mailto:Cecille.Bricourt@gstt.nhs.uk