Resources

A guide to End of Life Care symptom control when a person is dying from COVID19 care for General Practice Teams, prepared by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Association for Palliative Medicine

'Prehabilitation for People with Cancer: Principles and guidance for prehabilitation within the management and support of people with cancer' is a document produced in partnership between Macmillan, the Royal College of Anaesthetists and National Institute for Health Research Cancer and Nutrition

The ACPOPC Accounts for the year ending Dec 2018 is now available for ACPOPC members to view. If you have any queries please contact Ali Wyatt, ACPOPC Treasurer via email: Alison.wyatt@wales.nhs.uk

The ACPOPC 2018-19 Annual Report is available for ACPOPC members to view. If you have any queries please contact Maggi Hardcastle, ACPOPC Secretary via email: Maggi.Hardcastle@rowanshospice.co.uk

Anthony Nolan and the Post-transplant Care Expert Steering Group have just produced this new report, ‘A pathway for post-transplant care’. Over the next few months they hope to speak to every transplant centre to understand how the pathway can be made a reality – and where examples of best practice

The 2019 edition of the ACPOPC Journal is now available for members to view.

Contents include:

1. Physiotherapists’ experiences of managing upper limb movement impairments due to breast cancer treatment

Karen Kenyon, Clair Hebron, Pirjo Vuoskoski, Carol McCrum

2. The role of acupuncture

Thank you to all those who completed the pay survey. You can find a summary of the results in the attached document. 

We are currently still in discussions with the CSP about what they are able to support ACPOPC members with and how to take this information forward. We will keep you updated as

ACPOPC 2018 Autumn Conference - presentation by Dr Zoe Helman

A comprehensive evidence review is being undertaken to inform the development of the prehabilitation in oncology guidance and principles.

In parallel to this comprehensive evidence review we would be keen for you to share information that you might have locally that is not published on

ACPOPC Autumn conference 2018 - Practical breathing workshop