The Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) was founded in 1987 as a multidisciplinary forum for those involved and interested in paediatric intensive care, with the following aims:
• To promote training and education, with the aim of stimulating research and promoting collaborative studies.
• To provide a forum for discussion.
• To provide specialist advice.
• To collect information through the council of the society.
• To provide a focus for paediatric intensive care in the UK.