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The Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum (CC3N) was established in 2003 as part of the NHS Modernisation programme. They are one of three forums that represent the Critical Care Operational Delivery Networks, alongside the Network Medical Leads and the Network Directors/ Managers.
CC3N Critical Care Symposium 2026
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Latest publications......
September 2025 - CC3N have revised the Best Practice Guidance for Registered Nursing Agency & Bank Staff working in Adult Critical Care (Version 2)
August 2025 - RCN position on photographing, filming or recording nursing staff by third parties on mobile devices without consent
July 2025 - The Intensive Care Society has now published new guidance on The decision making and transfer of critically ill adults to their preferred place of death.
June 2025 - The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) has released a report titled "Recovery Beyond Survival" focusing on Rehabilitation following Critical Illness. This report, published on June 12, 2025, reviewed the quality of rehabilitation care provided to patients after an ICU admission and highlights areas for improvement in the care pathway from intensive care, through the ward, and into the community.
March 2025
The Intensive Care Society have published Guidance for Delirium in the Critically Ill Patient. The purpose of this resource is to offer updated guidance that builds on the existing ‘detection, prevention, and treatment of delirium’ guidelines (2006). This guidance provides a combination of evidence based, as well as practical ‘expert opinion’ recommendations to support implementation of best
practice within the ICU setting.
The Intensive Care Society have published Guidance for Delirium in the Critically Ill Patient. The purpose of this resource is to offer updated guidance that builds on the existing ‘detection, prevention, and treatment of delirium’ guidelines (2006). This guidance provides a combination of evidence based, as well as practical ‘expert opinion’ recommendations to support implementation of best
practice within the ICU setting.
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May 2024
UKCCNA Workforce Optimisation Plan This three-year workforce optimisation plan (2024-2027) provides evidence-based standards for critical care registered nurse staffing. We provide the case for change, with a framework to support career development and a sustainable model for staffing, in order to improve nurse retention. |
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