Workforce Report 2018 released
The 2018 Workforce Report has now been published.
Please click here to view.
Should you have any comments or questions, please contact the APM Secretariat
APM Workforce Report 2018
Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships in Palliative Care
Churchill Fellowships are awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) to enable UK citizens to explore innovative ideas abroad and return with new insights which address key issues facing our society.
A new category, Palliative Care is open to applicants this year, applications close in September 2019.
Churchill Fellowships offer those involved in palliative care an opportunity to take a short but valuable amount of time away from their work to address an area of interest. Fellows are funded to spend 4-8 weeks anywhere in the world, pursuing research of their own devising. By travelling abroad to meet colleagues in palliative care, they may gain insights which they can share when they return home. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has both a network of Fellows and partnerships with other organisations, such as Marie Curie, that can help to disseminate innovative ideas for good practice.
Applications for the next round of Fellowships opened in May 2019 and closes in September 2019.
Details of WCMT and the application process are available on the website.
The benefit from a Fellowship is not limited to an individual but extends to their workplace, community and sometimes nationally. Browsing the WCMT website reveals a range of projects covered in Fellowships.
A Churchill Fellowship can be a life-changing experience, offering a break to address an important issue and to return refreshed with new insights which can lead to improvements in palliative care. I hope colleagues in palliative care will explore the WCMT website and feel encouraged to apply for a Churchill Fellowship.
New APM Web Materials Page for Physician Assisted Suicide
Following the recent announcement from the President of the RCP, Prof Bod Goddard on the 9th January that the RCP will be surveying all of their members and fellows about their views on assisted dying, the APM have created a new web page full of guides and links to help ensure people can make an informed decision regarding the subject.
Please click here to access the page
Night, weekend and bank holiday Specialist Palliative Care Services
This guidance document produced by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Association of Palliative Medicine (APM) recommends levels of Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) medical and nursing staffing for hospital, community and hospice settings at night, at weekends and on bank holidays. The guidance is a response to a growing understanding, within all parts of health and social care, that it is not enough to provide our services in business hours.
Click here – Specialist Palliative Care night weekend and bank holiday working
What is Palliative Medicine?
Palliative medicine provides clinical leadership, care and support to prevent and relieve suffering for people with life-limiting and life-threatening illness.
• Its diagnostic and therapeutic priorities focus on meeting every individual patient’s goals through shared decision-making with them and those important to them
• It is practiced both as part of multidisciplinary palliative care teams and in partnership with other relevant specialties to deliver individualised, holistic care
• It is a medical specialty recognised by the respective nations’ Royal Colleges of Physicians
Palliative Medicine’s specific expertise is in:
• Assessing and managing physical, psychological and spiritual symptoms and in mitigating distress
• Clinical analysis of and decision-making in complex scenarios, such as when a patient’s clinical needs, preferences and interests are finely balanced and may require skilled application of relevant ethical and legal guidance
• Skilled communication about and co-ordination of care, especially at disease transitions and boundaries between care settings
• Working with partners, colleagues and organisations across multiple sectors to provide excellent multidisciplinary care for patients and those important to them
• Care and support to those important to the patient, including facilitating their bereavement care
The Association
The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) is the world’s largest representative body for doctors practicing or interested in Palliative Medicine, with a growing membership of over 1,000. We welcome international members.
• Full and Associate membership is open to doctors practicing or interested in palliative medicine
• Student membership is open to undergraduate medical students
• Affiliate membership is being developed for other clinicians with an interest in palliative medicine
We work in strategic alliance with those who can contribute to achieving our vision, supporting our values and delivering our aims.
Join the APM today
Join our growing community – The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (APM) is the world’s largest representative body for doctors practicing or interested in Palliative Medicine, with a growing membership of over 1,000. We welcome international members.
• Full and Associate membership is open to doctors practicing or interested in palliative medicine
• Student membership is open to undergraduate medical students
• Affiliate membership is being developed for other clinicians with an interest in palliative medicine
We work in strategic alliance with those who can contribute to achieving our vision, supporting our values and delivering our aims.
Membership Benefits
- Networks
- APM e-Bulletin
- Membership of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
- Palliative Medicine journal
- BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care journal
- Study days and other meetings
- APM awards