President's Column

For the past several years, the AHCP has provided sponsorship to a selected charity. This year, I am very pleased to announce that the chosen charity is The Association of Air Ambulances. Despite being one of the hardest-working voluntary emergency services in the UK, the charity is funded almost entirely by donations from the general public, organisations and local businesses, and the AHCP is delighted to support their mission...

I am delighted to announce that nominations are now open for the AHCP President’s Award 2012. The theme of the 2012 President’s Award will be education and development...

“When you move out of your comfort zone, just stick it out for a while, and your comfort zone will grow to meet your new situation”...

As conference draws ever nearer, I'm beginning to look beyond the general anticipation and think about the specific sessions...

Well – I did it.  It wasn’t fast, and it wasn’t pretty, but I ran, jogged, walked and stumbled 26.2 miles of hot London streets, and I can now call myself a marathon runner...

As I stumble towards my marathon goal, I felt it was time to update people on what’s happening...

Click Read More to view the flyer for the AHCP President's Award.

Click Read More to read an overview of the AHCP President's Award for Healthier Cleaners.

 At Conference in June, I announced the establishment of the new President’s Award, encouraging managers to embrace health promotion activities within healthcare cleaning.  Since then, I have been encouraged to hear about a number of initiatives across the country.

Well, I’m deep into London Marathon pre-training now, and things are coming together.  I’ve lost a few pounds, and got a new personal best time for 5k.  I’m feeling fitter and stronger, and if this carries on, I’ll be ready to start training properly on Boxing Day, as planned.