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We are delighted to share with you the exciting news, that an APCP member, has been awarded the CSP’s prestigious Fellowship award 2023, and it goes to…

Fiona Beckerlegge, for outstanding and sustained commitment to international development work in advancing paediatric disability services.

Fiona has been both a CSP member and an APCP member for over 20 years, so I decided to reach out and to ascertain, what made our APCP overseas Ugandan member, so worthy of this award.  And thankfully, Fiona agreed to be interviewed...

The full article can be found on NHS England’s elearning for healthcare news page.

What has happened recently in NICE?

Sophie’s career in paediatric physiotherapy extended over 60 years.  She was a passionate paediatric physiotherapist who dedicated much of her career to sharing her knowledge and expertise with many physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals around the world.

The 49th APCP AGM will be held at 19:30 on Wednesday 9 November 2022 via Zoom 

Minutes from the AGM 2021 can be found below, along with the agenda for this year and financial statement for 2021/2022.

We do ask all APCP members to attend if possible, it will be very brief but if any decisions need voting on, we have to be quorate.

This guideline published on the NICE website covers identifying, assessing and managing obesity in children (aged 2 years and over), young people and adults. In September 2022, evidence was reviewed on anthropometric measures for assessing health risks associated with overweight and obesity in adults and updated the recommendations on identifying and assessing overweight, obesity and central adiposity. NICE has also produced guidelines on obesity prevention, maintaining a healthy weight, and lifestyle weight management services for adults and for children and young people.