Awards and Recognition

Process of nomination

Any FPM Fellow or member can suggest nominations to the FPM Board. 

Commendations 

• Nominations for the commendation should have support of a FPM Board member
• To make a nomination please send an email to contact@fpm.ac.uk with the name of the recipient, the name of the supporting Board member and details of why they should be awarded a commendation. Please provide as much information as possible as only the detail provided here will be taken into consideration -  you may wish to include a CV. 

Patrick Wall Fellowship, Gold medal, or routes of Honorary Fellowship

• Nominations for these awards will be approved by the FPM Board, who will then request consideration on behalf of RCoA Council by the Nominations Committee.

• Nominations must be completed on the nominations proposal form which can be found on the College website. 

   

Details and awarding criteria for all awards can be found below. 

Faculty awards and recipients

Honorary Fellowship & Fellowship by Election

The awards of Honorary Fellowship and Fellowship by Election is the highest accolade possible. They are considered for practitioners across the world who have made sustained and significant contributions to the practice of Pain Medicine. This may be either to the UK or their own country’s health services. This activity has to be at an internationally active level and normally sustained for at least ten years. Honorary Fellowships may be awarded to non-medically qualified practitioners such as scientists with a similar level of achievement and to members of the Royal Family or others who have furthered the work of the College in a sustained way. Evidence through the presented CV should document this activity and the outcome of such work.  Whilst there are no limits to the number of awards at this level it is unusual to award more than two or three a year. 

Fellows by Election 

Honorary Fellows

Commendations

Commendations are awarded to individuals recognised by the Board as having made a notable contribution in one or more areas of Faculty work or the specialty.  

The Gold medal

This is our highest award to a Fellow of this Faculty in recognition of sustained work for the Faculty at the highest levels. Examples would include work over decades to support Pain Medicine at a national or international level. This does not include activity delivered as a senior officer of the Faculty or where such activity has been commissioned or rewarded in other ways. This medal is rarely awarded. 

FFPMRCA Examination Prize

The Faculty of Pain Medicine award a prize to the highest scorer of the FFPMRCA Examination each year.  

Congratulations to the following FFPMRCA Examination Prize Winners: