As a maturing specialty, it’s inevitable that ICM looks to its own future as an independent college which directly represents the interests of its fellows and members and the patients we treat.

While we continue to share some services with the RCoA (most obviously exams administration and communications services) we need to expand the clinical and secretariat teams to continue to deliver and grow the functions expected of the future UK College of ICM.

All outputs from the FICM Board and its committees are delivered by volunteer clinicians, many with busy clinical roles or still in ICM training. Likewise, our secretariat team although small is high calibre and punches above its weight. If we are to realise the future UK College of ICM, we’ll need to push further and deeper, doing more with more resources. In preparation for that we’ve made changes to the exams team and also embarked on a series of member engagements.