Call for nominations for ABPN Honorary Fellowship
​Following the award of Honorary Fellows at our last Annual General Meeting, the Association is seeking nominations for individuals to be awarded Honorary Fellowship of the ABPN in 2025.

Who can be nominated?
There are two categories of Honorary Fellow:
  1. Individuals from the UK and elsewhere can be nominated in recognition of their experience, achievements, dedication, and outstanding contributions to the care of children and young people. This can reflect contributions through practice, leadership, education, research and other areas.
  2. Individuals, who are members of the ABPN or who have been members, can be nominated to reflect their long and valuable service to the Association. ​
How to nominate 
Please do not tell the person you have nominated them. 
Please complete the nomination form and submit it to our Honorary Secretary, Robin Hyde [email protected] 
Receipt of your nomination will be confirmed

Deadline for nominations: 10th October 2024.
Honorary Fellows of the ABPN (2024)
The ABPN was delighted award eight Honorary Fellowships in 2023.
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  • Associate Adjunct Professor Karen Ford. Karen was awarded Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to children's nursing research, developing children's nursing practice and her support of the rights of children.
  • Professor Minette Coetzee. Minette was awarded Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to building context-specific children's nursing in Africa and empowering children's nurses to drive forward change in Africa.
  • Katrina McNamara: Katrina was awarded Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution in many roles to the care of children and young people and her long standing work for the ABPN.
  • Margaret Gwilliams: was awarded Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution and her encouragement over many years to the ABPN.
Honorary Fellows of the ABPN (2023)
​The ABPN was delighted award eight Honorary Fellowships in 2023. You can see them collect their awards in the short movie of the celebration event.
  • Rachel Cooke. Rachel was awarded Honorary Fellowship for her contribution to nursing care of children and young people. Rachel has made a significant contribution to the palliative care of children and young people in the UK and abroad noticeably Romania and Ukraine and has led changes to care at the time of the child's death and bereavement support in London.
  • Professor Bertha Ochieng. Professor Ochieng was awarded Honorary Fellowship for services to the healthcare of children young people. Bertha is a children's nurse and some of her work focuses on community empowerment and engagement of socially disadvantaged populations. 
  • Gerri Sefton. Gerri was awarded Honorary Fellowship for services to the nursing care of children and young people. Gerri is an Consultant Nurse, working in children’s critical care and is an expert on paediatric early warning systems.
  • Fiona Smith. Fiona was awarded Honorary Fellowship or services to children’s nursing. Following a career in children's nursing, Fiona became the Children and Young People's Advisor at the RCN, personally supporting and mentoring many children's nurses. Fiona played a key role in establishing the European Paediatric Nursing Network. 
  • Michael Tatterton. Michael was awarded Honorary Fellowship for his leadership in developing children's community services, children's hospices and children's palliative care. Michael is a clinical academic and currently professional lead for the CYP nursing at Bradford and Clinical Director for a children's Hospice. Michael has led a number of developments in children community services, children's hospices and children's palliative care.
  • Ann Bisbrown Lee. Ann was awarded Honorary Fellowship for services to the Association. Anne is hard working, loyal and committed member of the ABPN, known to many for her work at conferences and leading the marketing activity of the association.
  • Steven Campbell. Steven was awarded Honorary Fellowship for services to the Association. Stephen was the first editor of the journal of child health care and provided considerable support to the ABPN in a variety of roles during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Norman Long. Norman was awarded Honorary Fellowship for services to the Association. Norman has been a longstanding member of the governance and development group of the Association most notably as the finance officer over many, many years.​