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BACPR - Representing All UK Nations
Welcoming Maria Mooney, Northern IrelandAs a Members Organisation representing
professionals across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, it is vital
that the BACPR Council is truly representative.
With that in mind and following the results
of the 2016 Elections, we have asked Maria Mooney, Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse
/ Exercise Instructor from Belfast to join Council as a Co-opted Member.
Northern
Ireland Maria has worked as a Cardiac
Rehabilitation Nurse in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT) for
the past 20 years. She has been involved
both locally and regionally in the development of standards and
guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation, she is a member of the Regional
Cardiology Network group and is currently secretary of the Northern Ireland
Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurses Forum. Maria
will join us at two (of the four) Council meetings a year to ensure that the
voices of those based Northern Ireland remain at the heart of our
organisation.
Wales
After a fantastic 2016 Conference in
Cardiff, in partnership with the All Wales Cardiac
Rehabilitation and Heart Failure Group, we are delighted to welcome a new
Welsh Council Member in Rachel Owen, who has strong links with professionals
across Wales. We also retain Brian Begg
as a Co-opted Member (in his position as Chair of both EIN and EPG) and he also
makes sure that we’re fully up to date with developments in Wales. We are delighted that the All Wales Group are
promoting the BACPR/NACR
Certification Programme to all services in Wales, it will be a fantastic
achievement to have them all Certified!
Scotland
Scotland continues to have strong
representation through our Scientific Officer, Aynsely Cowie and Louise
Jopling, Honorary Secretary. In
acknowledging her prominent role in Scotland, we have also co-opted Frances
Divers, Scottish Government Cardiac Rehabilitation Lead to attend Council and
maintain our strong links with Cardiac
Rehabilitation Interest Group Scotland [CRIGS]. Although Louise is currently living in
England, she is very aware that it was with the support of Scottish members she
was elected and she works along with Aynsley to ensure that issues affecting
Scotland are very much on the agenda.
England
And England, are very well represented by
the remaining Council Members, who work and reside across the country from the
tip of the South West in Cornwall to East Anglia across the southern and
central counties and on up to Merseyside and Yorkshire. Our English Council Members hold a variety of
high profile roles within guideline development, research and professional
societies across the country.
We are very proud of the extraordinary
achievements of our members within cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation
and its really important that you feel represented. Following the commitments in our Strategic
Plan, we will be working to add more detail on our Council Members and their
contact details to www.bacpr.com
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