Critical Care Transfers

Guidelines

Intensive Care Society Guidelines

Guidelines for the Transport of the Critically Ill Adult 5th edition (2026)

Guidance On: Transfer Of the Critically Ill Maternity Patient A Supplementary Resource Of The Transfer Of The Critically Ill Adult, 5th Edition (2026)

Emergency Action Cards; A Supplementary resource of 5th Edition, Transfer of the Critically Ill Adult (2026)

Guidance for: The decision making and transfer of critically ill adults to their preferred place of death July (2025)

Guidance for: The transfer of critically ill adults to an outdoor space during end of life care (Aug 2022)

Guidance On: Transfer of Critically Ill Patients to the Outdoors (Aug 2021)

Guidance for the Repatriation of Critically ill Patients from International Hospitals to UK Critical Care units 2019

West Yorkshire Critical Care Network Guidance

WYCCN Adult Critical Care Transfer Guidelines (2021)

WYCCN Adult Critical Care Repatriation Policy (2025)

WYCCN Standard Operating Procedure Critical Care Transfer Incidents (2025)

Y&H AKI Transfer Guideline (2026)

DOS Login

NHS Pathways login

Click on the above to go directly to the NHS Pathways (DOS) for available critical care beds

Useful Transfer Links

Embrace Paediatric Retrieval Service
Yorkshire Ambulance Service