Speakers
Dr Paul Dean
Breakout session
The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) and the Intensive Care Society (ICS) jointly published Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS)-version 3 in January 2026, marking a decade of collaboration to define, deliver, and review standards and expectations in intensive care.
Focusing on infrastructure, people and processes, the latest edition of the Guidelines aims to bring greater clarity and accountability to intensive care services. By reviewing terminology and clearly establishing minimum care requirements, we aim to ensure patient needs are met through high-quality intensive care services.
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Dr Paul Dean is a Consultant in intensive care at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, and former Chair of the Society's Standards Division. He continues to be responsible for leading national work such as the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS), setting the standard in which every ICU in the country should operate.
Paul is also Medical Lead for Lancashire and South Cumbria Critical Care Network.
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Dr Dale Gardiner is a Consultant in Adult Intensive Care Medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Associate Medical Director – Deceased Organ Donation at NHS Blood and Transplant.
His professional interests are medical ethics, the diagnosis of death and deceased organ donation.
Dale is a Board Member of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Chair of the Professional Affairs and Safety Committee. He is co-chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges task and finish group to update the 2008 Code of Practice for the Diagnosis and Confirmation of Death.
Originally, Dale came from Australia but migrated to the UK in 2002.