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The APM Clinical Quality Committee are looking to recruit 2 new elected members to join the team.

The committee advises the APM Council and supports the work of the APM by:

• Promoting quality improvement initiatives, such as FAMCARE
• Sharing intelligence related to palliative care and medicine
• Encouraging the use of data, like dependency scores and outcome measures.
• Supporting the consultant workforce in providing clinical leadership
• Addressing matters related to the medical workforce.
• Overseeing processes and standards for medical appraisal and revalidation.

View the role description and nomination form here Deadline to Apply: 24 November 2026

The APM Clinical Quality Committee are looking to recruit a new Committee Chair as Dr Ebun Abarshi looks to step down from the role.

The committee advises the APM Council and supports the work of the APM by:

• Promoting quality improvement initiatives, such as FAMCARE
• Sharing intelligence related to palliative care and medicine
• Encouraging the use of data, like dependency scores and outcome measures.
• Supporting the consultant workforce in providing clinical leadership
• Addressing matters related to the medical workforce.
• Overseeing processes and standards for medical appraisal and revalidation.

View the role description and nomination form here

The APM EDI Committee are looking to recruit 2 new committee members. The purpose of the EDI Committee is to ensure the APM fosters an inclusive, equitable, and diverse community that supports its members, enhances patient care, and addresses barriers to access in palliative care. The committee provides high-level strategic oversight and direction to the EDI work of the APM. To find out more about the role please click here. Deadline to Apply: 09:00am Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Applications are invited from APM members for the post of APM Vice President to serve from March 2027 – March 2029 running through to President; March 2029 - March 2031. The Vice President of the APM supports the President and other Officers (Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and President Support) in ensuring that the activity of the Association works seamlessly, is in line with the Association’s strategic direction and meets the charity’s responsibilities as outlined in the APM Governing Document. The Vice President is an Officer of the Association and, as such, is a Trustee of the APM registered with the Charity Commission. The Vice President role is agreed by ballot of all voting APM members. Once elected, the successful candidate will take up office at the APM Annual General Meeting (subject to member ratification) in March 2027 for a period of two years. They will subsequently take up the office of APM President when this becomes vacant at the AGM in 2029, subject to ratification at the AGM. The President also serves for a period of two years. A full description of the Vice President role is available here. Access the Nomination Form here. If you would like to apply for the post, please return the nomination paper with a personal statement of no more than 200 words describing yourself and why you are standing for this position. This will be sent out with the ballot paper. The deadline for returning nomination forms to the APM at office@compleat-online.co.uk is 5pm on Friday 13th November 2026. Please note that you will need to obtain the signatures of one nominator and one seconder (both APM members with voting rights) to confirm your nomination. Due to the commitment involved with taking this post, you must discuss nomination with your employer prior to submission, as you will be required to confirm that they will support you in this post if you are appointed. If you would like to arrange an informal chat with the current Vice President or President, please contact the secretariat.

The APM Trainees Committee are looking to appoint a new Education and Training Representative to replace Sophia Ellis who will be stepping into the Committee Chair role in October. The Education and Training Representative contributes to the wider work of the APM Trainees committee including: ● Attendance at trainees’ committee meetings (up to 6 meetings per year) ● Preparation of Education report for trainees’ committee meetings, outlining: Forthcoming events by year; Summary of other work of education committee; Summary of updates from education committee (e.g. strategic planning, organisational updates, etc) ● Involvement in activities to involve and promote the work of the APM to trainees For further information and the nomination form click here.  The deadline for applications is the 27th November 2026.

The APM Clinical Quality Committee is looking for a new Trainee rep. The Clinical Quality Committee’ is an advisory committee to the Executive Board of the APM, on clinical quality matters. The committee aims to:

• Encourage the use of data, such as dependency scores and outcome measures, to improve the quality of medical practice and explore their role in benchmarking the promotion of quality improvement activities including audit and service evaluation such as FAMCARE and the audit /QiP prize.
• share intelligence relating to in Palliative Care and Medicine across the membership such as relevant national reports, NICE guidelines, Cochrane reviews etc.
• support consultants who are young in post (first 5 years), that is, within the committee’s remit.
• support processes and standards of medical appraisal and revalidation and will liaise with appropriate bodies including RCP, NHS England and Hospice UK.

The Trainee Rep will also act as an ex-officio member of the APM Trainees Committee. Click here to view the full role description and to apply. Deadline for applications - Friday 27 November 2026

The APM Education and Training Committee are recruiting for a new committee member to join the team. The Education and Training Committee is an advisory committee to the Council of the APM, co-ordinating the Association’s educational strategy and activities. The committee aims to ensure the educational needs of members and other professionals are met through a comprehensive education programme (face-to-face and virtual), the production of educational resources and signposting to external events.  The committee works in partnership with APM committees and other organisations to co-ordinate the quality and effectiveness of education. This is an effective and productive committee with lots of ideas for the future. We are keen to expand on our offering of high quality education to all members and harness the use of technology to assist busy clinicians in delivering education. Candidates with skills and enthusiasm in these areas would be particularly welcome. There are likely to be further opportunities coming up so if you are passionate about education and training, please get in touch to discuss whether you are interested now or in the future. View the role description and nomination form here.  The deadline for applications is Tuesday 16th June.