SICSAG

Welcome to the SICSAG website.

Critical Care underpins emergency and elective work in all acute hospitals.  Annually, more than 35,000 of the most severely ill or injured patients require specialist care and treatment in Scottish Critical Care Units.  

SICSAG’s aim is to improve the quality of care delivered to these patients by monitoring and comparing activities and outcomes across Scottish Critical Care. We intend to drive standards and quality of care upward by providing information that clinical staff can use in quality improvement programmes,  service planning and research.

Critical Care faces challenges in the coming years with reduced public spending and projected increased demands on services by an ageing population. The information and data from this national database remains vital to meet the needs of the Scottish population.

What's new in SICSAG?

Audit of critical care in NHSScotland

Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group: Audit of Critical Care in Scotland (external link)
The latest report is published on 8 August 2023, by Public Health Scotland.

Joint NRS Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Critical Care, and SICSAG Conference

The Joint NRS Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Critical Care, and SICSAG Conference will take place on the 2 and 3 October 2023. We are inviting Critical Care healthcare professionals who have completed a quality improvement project to apply for the 2023 SICSAG Quality Improvement Award. For further information about the conference and how to apply visit our meetings page