Post-ICU psychology support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Critical illness survival rates have improved, but patients frequently face prolonged new or worsened physical, cognitive and psychosocial impairments. These difficulties associated with critical care admission are known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).

Aims: The multidisciplinary Intensive care Syndrome: Promoting Independence and Return to Employment (InS:PIRE) programme was developed to support patients in the recovery period from critical illness.

Living with persistent insomnia after cancer: A qualitative analysis of impact and management.

Objectives: To conduct a qualitative exploration of the lived experience of insomnia disorder and its management amongst a sample of mixed-diagnoses cancer survivors.

Methods: Twenty-seven cancer survivors with persistent insomnia were recruited to this qualitative study following completion of treatment for breast (12), prostate (7), colorectal (7), and gynaecological (1) cancers. Eleven males and 16 females (mean age 62 years), who met DSM-5 criteria for insomnia disorder, contributed to one of four focus group discussions, designed to explore the lived experience of persistent insomnia and its management within cancer care services.