The Paediatric Intensive Care Society 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”