About us
ICUsteps Southport is a charitable organisation founded by Critical Care staff and former patients that have experienced critical illness. The group allows individuals and their relatives/loved ones to meet in an informal setting and talk about their experiences and concerns from their Critical Care admission.
Why do you need a support group?
Individuals feel differently about a Critical Care stay:
- For some the experience is no more worrying than any other stay in hospital. Some have no clear memory of it, or they try to forget it.
- For others being so ill, can be a very traumatic experience and it may take some time to come to terms with it afterwards.
- It is common for patients in ICU to experience hallucinations, nightmares or dreams that can seem real and very frightening.
It is thought that talking to other people that have been through a similar experience or talking to people that understand critical illness can help.
Drop in Sessions
The drop in sessions are held once a month on a Wednesday 7pm-9pm at the Salvation Army, 65 Shakespeare Street, Southport PR8 5AJ.
If you would like to attend a meeting you can either phone 01704 705059 and leave a message with your contact details and one of the ICUsteps team will get back to you OR email icustepssouthport@outlook.com Find us on Facebook and use the messenger service. Or link to https://icusteps.org/support/southport