ICM Capacity Survey Please refer to the last calendar week when answering the questions below. Answer for all critical care beds (Level 2 and 3). OK Question Title * 1. In which region do you work? East Midlands East of England KSS London North West Northern Northern Ireland Peninsula Scotland Severn Thames Valley (Oxford) Wales Wessex West Midlands Yorkshire & Humber OK Question Title * 2. Do you have a full complement of critical care nursing staff for your unit? Yes No If you answered 'no' and are able to confirm, please indicate how many nurses you would need to recruit to reach full complement again: OK Question Title * 3. If you answered 'no' for the question above, please tick all options below that apply to the impact of your current nursing shortage. Beds are permanently closed Bed closures vary from day to day Non-clinical transfers occur In my opinion quality of care can suffer In my opinion patient safety may be compromised Elective surgery is cancelled OK Question Title * 4. How often are patients transferred from your hospital to the ICU of another hospital because your ICU does not have a bed available? Never Rarely (1-3 times a year) At least once a quarter At least once a month At least once a week We manage potential bed shortages in advance (i.e. by cancelling operations) to avoid the need to transfer. OK Question Title * 5. Is the need to transfer or to make difficult decisions to avoid the need to transfer happening more or less often? More often Less Often OK Question Title * 6. How often does your unit have a bed or beds that cannot be used because there are too few staff to open them? Never Less than once a month Once a month or more Once a week or more OK Question Title * 7. (Where applicable) If you are concerned by the shortage of ICU nurses and/or bed capacity issues on your unit, please detail your concerns below. Any quotations taken from this section will be amended if necessary to ensure anonymity. OK Question Title * 8. FOR RESPONDENTS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES: What would you estimate as the average bed occupancy rate in your unit over the last week?(scroll down to next question if you work in England) OK Question Title * 9. FOR RESPONDENTS FROM ENGLAND: Reviewing NHS England’s SitRep data for your unit for the last week, does this figure give an accurate reflection of the reality of the bed capacity in your unit?https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2017-18-data/ Yes, our bed capacity is in line with the SitRep figure. No, the SitRep figure is not in line with the reality of our day to day bed capacity. If you selected 'no', please say why the SitRep figure is not an accurate reflection of the current bed capacity of your unit. OK DONE