Archives for March 2025
Website Explainer Video
BAPO is thrilled to launch our new website explainer video. This video shows what exciting resources you can find on our website and what members can use when they sign in.
BAPO Teatime Talk – Why we feel the need to flee from ourselves
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Addiction cannot be explained through medicine alone, even though its effect on the body is analogous to that of a disease. Addiction is a spiritual and an existential malaise, it is an illness that stems from a crisis of meaning in an individual and a crisis of identity.
The Living Room sums it up thus: Addiction is a flight from the self – a flight made necessary by the unbearable burden of aloneness. The addict’s childhood invariably plays a part, as children who are denied love or are punished for being authentic, grow up into adults with a desperation to fill an emotional vacuum within – a need answered by drugs, alcohol or other destructive behaviour.
Calling All AHP Practice Placement Professionals!
Have you been involved in AHP placement delivery within the past 5 years? The Health Sciences University need your insights!
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan aims to increase AHP training places by 25%, reaching over 18,800 by 2031/32. However, the challenge of providing enough clinical placements is well-known and has significant implications for the future pipeline of AHPs.
To address this, the Health Sciences University has been commissioned by NHS England to conduct a research study on the development and delivery of practice placements. This study aims to support the expansion of placements and drive a positive return on investment for providers by recommending innovative solutions to overcome barriers.
Your participation in this brief survey will help to gather valuable data on the Enablers and Barriers to practice placements.
Please complete and share the survey: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/aeccuc/removing-barriers-to-placements-hsu
For any queries, please contact Dr. Michelle Holmes at mholmes@aecc.ac.uk
Call for Responses: A questionnaire looking at the perceived quality of referrals received by orthotics services
A referral acts as a snapshot of a patient’s experience and is written with the intention of continuing their care in an appropriate setting. However, the quality of information provided can vary based on factors such as the referring clinician, the format it is submitted in, and the language used. Often these factors are outside of the patient’s control. If a patient can then be rejected from care based not on their clinical presentation, but on the quality of a referral, it introduces an inequality to our clinical process. For this reason, we ask you to answer a short questionnaire to help us better understand any common trends in the quality of referrals sent to orthotics services in the UK.
We would love to hear from you if you are:
▪ An Orthotist
▪ Working in the UK
▪ Happy to share your experiences with clinical referrals
To respond, please either scan the QR Code: Or follow this link: https://forms.office.com/e/k5PFtgZ3YB
Job vacancy – BAPO Membership and Events Administrator
The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) is the professional body for people working in prosthetics and orthotics in the UK. BAPO exists for our members and so providing them with high quality support is very important, and we have a small team who are home based but in the Midlands area who focus on member support and professional development through education courses and events.
This post is an exciting opportunity to join our high performing, delivery focussed team. If you thrive in a fast-paced work environment, can juggle multiple tasks and priorities, are resilient and a team worker then this could be the role for you. A sense of humour is also essential!
The Membership & Events Administrator will provide high quality administrative support to BAPO while providing membership support and assisting in the planning and delivery of events such as our conferences.
Employment type: This role is part time, 21 hours per week, for a fixed term of 12 months, subject to funding and the postholder’s performance.
Location: Home based in the Midlands area with some travel to meetings and events.
Salary: £26,775 pro rata.
To apply please send your CV and supporting statement of no more than 500 words to kate.pugh@bapo.com
Applications close 31st March 2025
Job Advert – Wirral University Teaching Hospitals – Senior Orthotist
Career webinars and video resources
We also have videos that covers some of the job of a Prosthetist, filmed by a Prosthetist in the South West and kindly shared and a suite of different levels of an Orthotist shared by NHS Scotland. We also have videos shared by NHS Scotland from Prosthetists and Orthotists Awareness Day
Explore a career in prosthetics and orthotics
Are you wondering what career steps to take? Have you ever considered a career in prosthetics and orthotics? There are a world of possibilities embarking in a career in prosthetics and orthotics and opportunities to work with a wide range of people. If you have practical and problem solving skills, a career in P&O could be for you. Watch our newly developed animation. This resource is for schools, colleges and career events.