Paul Dark

Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. kingsfund.org.uk/publications/w…

🧵 Among survivors of #CriticalIllness requiring mechanical ventilation, remote rehabilitation yielded improvements in physical function, fatigue, and anxiety, though health-related quality of life benefits were not detected at 8 weeks. #ATS2026 @atscommunity ja.ma/4ui1Azn

Thank you for supporting the 22nd Annual Critical Care Symposium and the 15th Ultrasound in Acute Care, held on April 23rd and 24th at MCC/Pendulum Hotel, Manchester. The event was well received by delegates and faculty, with overwhelming compliments. Looking ahead, the 23rd ACCS and 16th UAC are scheduled for April 29th and 30th, 2027, in Manchester, with the venue to be announced later. We are proud to have nearly 44 top-notch faculty members signed up from the UK, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the USA. Notably, over 30% of our faculty are women, representing the best in their fields. The 16th UAC will feature 25 faculty members from the UK, France, Germany, India, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA. Don't miss the upcoming IWIN meeting in late June, promoting Women in Intensive Care. Please mark the meeting dates in your diaries. Here is the link: lnkd.in/eNB-uGAV @SICStrainees @sicsmembers @SICMSG @Welshanaesthes @WelshICS @FICMNews @RCEM15 @OxoSLT @DarkNatter @SCCM_EM @Ed_CritCare_On @CCOT_Kingston @CCOT_Kingston @KingsCritCare @StockportICU @SalfordRoyalCCU @IMSMAXIMS @WaltonCentre @ANWICU @ELHT_DERI @ELHTresearch @OldhamICU @icm_yorkshire @ICULewisham @aartisarwal @aaccmNDDH @QUBCritCareResp @GRIICUQI

The team has been in conversation with fellow delegates about rapid diagnostics for sepsis, clinician and nursing care & potential partnerships. A chance to reconnect too with @DarkNatter Prof. Paul Dark, whose continued support for Sepsis Research FEAT's work is invaluable.

Congratulations to @darknatter on his appointment as academic director at @HealthInnovMcr . Another important role for our critical care consultant @NCAlliance_NHS , leading researcher and academic at @FBMH_UoM

Delighted @darknatter (@ncalliance_nhs, @fbmh_uom) has been reappointed as an NIHR senior investigator, recognising the quality & global reach of his work. He & the other senior investigators play a vital role in shaping the future of UK health & care research.

The 22nd Annual Critical Care Symposium is approaching, offering high educational content and excellent networking opportunities with faculties, friends, and delegates from the UK and beyond. This event will take place at the Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB on April 23rd and 24th, 2026. We are proud to feature an outstanding lineup of faculties, including: - Dr. Lara Prisco - Neuro Critical Care - Dr. Donna Hall - Cardiovascular Critical Care and Echo - Prof. Michelle Chew - Sepsis, Cardiovascular, and Echo - Prof. Fang Gao Smith - Anaesthesia, Postoperative Pain, Research - Prof. Michel Slama - Cardiovascular and ECHO, including TOE - Prof. Tonny Veenith - Neuro Critical Care, Research - Prof. Funda Gok - Echo The program encompasses a wide range of critical care topics, including rehabilitation and end-of-life care. Additionally, the 15th Ultrasound in Acute Care will run concurrently, featuring over 20 faculties from the UK, Austria, France, Germany, India, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA. Participants will earn 12 CPDs. With limited places available, we invite you to join us. For the program details and online registration, visit critcaresymposium.co.uk @OldhamICU @StockportICU @icm_yorkshire @ICULewisham @ICUbreeno @iceman_ex @Manoj_Wickram @Wilkinsonjonny @APMIC_Imperial @NW_ICM @APMIC_Imperial @icmteaching @DarkNatter @SCCM_EM @SICStrainees @SICStrainees @Welshanaesthes @WelshICS @CCOT_Kingston @BacrUob @AccpWessex @ACCP_NoECCN @accpheartlands @johnjandtrish @NWACCP @ELHT_DERI @ELHTresearch @KingsCritCare @GSTTanaesthesia @GSTT_ICU

A warm welcome to Ulster Hospital, the next site to open to PROTECT Airways, we look forward to your first recruit! @setrust @gazkitch @DarkNatter warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/re…

A simple blood test can tell doctors when it is safe to stop antibiotics in patients recovering from #sepsis, a review has found. The work supported by @NCAlliance_NHS & other GM organisations & co-authored by @darknatter is published in @Anaes_Journal manchester.ac.uk/about/news/tes…

With much thanks to the recruiting site University Hospital of North Tees! @NTeesHpoolNHSFT

We are delighted to announce that PROTECT Airways is open to recruitment warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/re… Thank you to our first site University Hospital North Tees @gazkitch @DarkNatter

Cost effectiveness of PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation explored link.springer.com/article/10.118…

We are thrilled to announce PROTECT Airways and RELEASE have received Scotland A REC Approval! @gazkitch @DarkNatter @dfmcauley @ProfLouiseR @WarwickCTU

Primary outcome ⁦@UKCCRGroup⁩ ⁦@AdaptSepsis⁩ . Safe reduction in antibiotics ⁦@DarkNatter⁩ #UKCCRF25

⁦@DarkNatter⁩ presents ⁦@AdaptSepsis⁩ #UKCCRF25 lovely presentation

If you are attending the UKCCRF in Manchester, please look out for CoReCCT session on 9th September at 18:00. @DarkNatter @gazkitch @ICS_updates @WarwickCTU @KeithCouper @EPPiC_Warwick @Luigi_ICM @dfmcauley @DanJHadfield @ProfLouiseR @perkins_gd

Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our dear friend, colleague and @WHO Envoy David Nabarro. David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. On behalf of WHO, I’m extending our heartfelt condolences to David’s family, friends and colleagues. Rest in peace, my dear friend. We will dearly miss your expertise, wisdom and kindness.

Grateful to @ManchesterSU senior leaders and professors: Larissa Fast, @DarkNatter, @jonijojo, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Arpana Verma, Nalin Thakkar and @gedbyrne for their warm welcome this morning and for their ongoing support to @WHO, including on strengthening health workforce, health promotion, behavioural science, emergencies programme and Emergency Medical Teams. We will continue to work together — through science and solidarity — to achieve #HealthForAll.

Issue 1 of PROTECT Airways Newsletter is out now! Check it out here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/re… future issues will also be accessible here! @gazkitch @DarkNatter

PROTECT Airways & Qualitech Healthcare, the intervention device supplier - still at State of The Art representing the trial & CoReCCT as a whole - as seen here at our stand Dr Gareth Kitchen (CI) and Rick Cooper (Qualitech Clinical Specialist). Please come say hi! @WarwickCTU

As @ICS_updates #SOA25 congress draws to a close in Birmingham, Professor Paul Dark @DarkNatter of the University of Manchester emphasises the importance of the charity’s priority setting exercise in ensuring that patient needs are addressed by future sepsis research programmes