GPICS V3 Audit Toolkit Now Available to Support Local Implementation and Monitoring
The Intensive Care Society (ICS) and the College of Intensive Care Medicine and are pleased to announce the release of the GPICS V3 Audit Toolkit, developed to support intensive care units in implementing and monitoring compliance with the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS) Version 3.
Developed by Dr Sam Clark, Consultant Intensivist at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the toolkit has been specifically designed for use across NHS organisations. To maximise accessibility, it is compatible with older versions of Microsoft Excel and does not rely on macros, overcoming a common barrier created by local IT security restrictions.
The toolkit enables units to undertake structured local audits against GPICS V3 standards, providing a practical mechanism for identifying areas of good practice and opportunities for improvement.
As part of the latest release, Export tabs have been included to support the voluntary sharing of audit data with the College of Intensive Care Society and the Intensive Care Society. While there are no plans to publish data from individual intensive care units, aggregated national data could help identify variation in service provision, support benchmarking, and inform quality improvement initiatives across intensive care services. You can access our data protection statement here.
This data collection exercise is intended to become an ongoing programme, helping to build a clearer picture of GPICS implementation across the UK. Following this initial release, participating units are encouraged to submit their completed datasets by 31 January 2027. Submitted data will be reviewed jointly by the Intensive Care Society and the College of Intensive Care with emerging findings potentially shared at State of the Art 2027 (SOA27).
How to Submit
Units wishing to participate should return their completed submissions to contact@ficm.ac.uk by 31 January 2027.
By contributing to this work, intensive care units will help build a national understanding of how GPICS standards are being delivered in practice and support future service improvement across critical care.