Manchester Academic Critical Care (MACC)

The NTSP team, based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, won the prestigious BMJ Anaesthesia team of the year award for 2020. This year, the BMJ Awards took place virtually on Wednesday 7th October with the winners announced online. Now in their 12th year,...

Manchester taskforce answered NHS call for 3D printed parts for COVID-19 ventilatorsA team of innovative engineers from The University of Manchester responded to a call from frontline NHS medics – by making it safer and easier for them to use life-saving non-invasive...

We are delighted to announce that MACC Researcher Dr Andrew Bentley has been promoted from Reader to Honorary Professor! This is in recognition of Andrew's outstanding contribution to critical care research and specifically to his research and expertise in leading the...

During the COVID-19 pandemic more patients have required ventilation support and as a result have required temporary tracheostomies. Many of these have been cared for outside intensive care units or on COVID-19 wards by staff providing care they have never previously...

Welcome to the new AICU research newsletter. The purpose of this document is to highlight and summarise the research activity that it is taking place on the AICU at Wythenshawe. We have always taken participated in research here at Wythenshawe but over the coming...

MACC researcher Dr Brendan McGrath talks to the UoM media team about he he got into research and how the NIHR infrastructure can help new researchers. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford...

The multidisciplinary tracheostomy team from Wythenshawe Hospital received an award in recognition of their work improving quality and safety of care, both in the UK and globally, at the 5th International Tracheostomy Symposium, Melbourne, Australia. The team led a QI...

In October, a 7-strong team, led by Professor Paul Dark, spent time in Australia at the huge World Congress of Intensive Care Medicine, Melbourne. The team were invited to present some of their recent work, with the highlight being Prof Dark's moving presentation...

Key MACC Researcher Dr Tim Felton outlines his role in securing and leading a new £4 million award to lead the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The University of Manchester Biomedical Research Centre's Respiratory division is one of only 10 centres in the UK to...