APS Support UK News

The Manchester Half Marathon is being held on Sunday 15th October 2017.   This award winning half marathon is one of the flattest courses so, if you only enter one half marathon this year, make it the Manchester Half Marathon. The route takes runners on wide, closed roads through Old Trafford, Stretford, Brooklands and Sale, and the organisers are once again promising plenty of entertainment and outstanding crowd support. It starts and finishes at Emirates Old Trafford home of Lancashire County Cricket Club. Registration is £25 and as places are limited we ask that you try to raise £150 sponsorship money if possible. Please contact us if you would like a guaranteed charity place.

9th June 2017 is World APS Day, the first global awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness of antiphospholipid syndrome and its impact on patients' lives. World APS Day is a global awareness campaign aimed at raising understanding of antiphospholipid syndrome, and its impact on patients’ lives. APS is a global health problem, affecting people of all nationalities, races, ethnicities, genders and ages, so we are working with other charities and organisations around the world to shine the spotlight on this under-recognised condition. We will be asking you to make some noise on World APS Day by sharing infographics on social media to join in a single, united global voice. Please support this initiative if you can.

Our charity is pleased to present the first Royal College of GPs eLearning course on antiphospholipid syndrome:   elearning.rcgp.org.uk/aps   The charity funded the course which was developed by GPs working with our APS experts, under the guidance of the Royal College.  The RCGP will host the course on their website for two years until March 2019. It takes 30 minutes to complete, is free to register and 0.5 Continuing Professional Developments points and a certificate will be awarded on successful completion.  Naturally, we want to reach as many people as possible and the Royal College of GPs will promote the online course to its 52,000+ GP members, 9,000 GP Speciality Trainees and 30,000+ interested health practitioners, potentially reaching around 100,000 healthcare professionals.  APS Support UK is aiming to promote the training module to every GP practice via the regional Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Wales, NHS Scotland and GP education boards.  We are also aski