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A new drop-in support group is starting up in Peterborough to offer a place for patients and their families, who have spent time in a Critical Care Unit, to come along and connect with others who have had a similar experience. 

The Peterborough-based group, which first meets next week, is affiliated with the ICU Steps Charity – a national charity run by ICU survivors and their families and will be run by staff from Peterborough City Hospital’s Critical Care Unit. 

“We were approached by a former patient who had been travelling quite a distance to attend an ICU Steps group,” says Ros Rippon, Critical Care Sister. “We decided to set up a local group that is open to anyone who has had a stay in an Intensive Care Unit or who has had a family member admitted.” 

The group will meet at the CSK church in Hampton, from 10am to 12pm on Tuesday 12 August, and then at the same time and location on the second Tuesday of every month.