The ACCEA award round for 2021 is now open – designed to recognise and reward those who perform over and above the standard expected in their role. The APM is pleased to support applications from Consultant members who have contributed significantly to the work of the charity. 

Applicants are asked to submit their ACCEA application online and send a copy along with the APM Involvement form to the APM Secretariat.  We’d appreciate if you could also please note your GMC number and the level of award you are applying to in this email. Applications will then be reviewed and scored by a panel of judges.

The APM can confirm that only new applicants for National Clinical Excellence Awards need to seek support from national nominating organisations as per the ACCEA guidance and so renewal applicants do not need to apply for support from the APM. 

Applications deadline: Friday 5th March 2021 

For further information, please contact the APM Secretariat

You can find out more about the awards on the ACCEA website 

The Undergraduate Palliative Medicine Essay is open to all UK and Ireland medical undergraduates who are students as of the set closing date.  Entrants are invited to produce an essay on a specified subject that does not exceed 2000 words.

Submissions are collected by the APM Secretariat and submitted to the judges anonymously.  The identity of the entrants will only be disclosed to the judges after they have considered the essays.

First prize is £250 and second prize is £100

The competition is open to all members of the APM.  Entries should be no more than 3000 words, including any graphs, diagrams, tables etc. and should be in the standard journal format of abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussions.

Prize £500

The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) has established a clinical audit prize. Entrants are invited to submit a report of a clinical audit to which they have made a significant contribution. The audit may be a completed cycle or a preliminary standard setting investigation. It should comprise a clinical audit, service evaluation or quality improvement project.

The APM wishes to encourage medical student undergraduates to become actively involved in clinical governance. The APM believes that doctors of all grades should take a lead role in examining practice and that such a prize will enhance the status of such endeavours and emphasise their importance.

Prize Letter of commendation from the Chairs of the Professional Standards and Trainees committees.