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HCPC – Consultation on changes to rules

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is seeking views on their proposal to permanently amend their Rules to give them the express power to hold hearings remotely.

On 4 March 2020, the HCPC was granted an amendment to our existing Rules by the Department of Health and Social Care, which gave  the express provision to hold hearings remotely during an emergency. Currently, the Coronavirus emergency provisions are due to expire on 30 September 2021. 

HCPC would like to continue to hold hearings remotely once the emergency period ends, where it is fair and practical to do so. They are therefore seeking an amendment to our Rules to give us permanent powers to hold hearings remotely.

You can find the consultation questions, more detail on their reasoning for the proposal, and information about their experience of holding remote hearings in the consultation document on HCPCs website. You should read the consultation document fully prior to completing the online questionnaire.

The consultation opens today and you can download the consultation document by visiting the consultation page.

Closing date for responses is the 23rd November 2021

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Last Chance to Register #BAPO2021

Registration is closing on the 1st Oct! Register now so you don’t miss out.

Have a look below at some of our esteemed BAPO2021 speakers, or even better visit https://bapoconference2021.vfairs.com/ for the up-to-date event agenda!

Dr David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD – Keynote: Offloading the Diabetic Foot: 30 years research
Simon Bartold – Keynote: A SWOT Analysis of Athletic Footwear
Dr Michael Dillon – Keynote: Informing Difficult Decisions About Dysvascular Partial Foot and Transtibial Amputation Using a Shared Decision-making Approach
Tim Cooney – Keynote: Composite Fibre Materials in Support of Orthotic Science
Graham Dunn – Footwear Adaptions Combining a Technical and Clinical Perspective
Joel Gibbard – Using the Latest Digital Technologies to Drive Adoption of Multi-Grip Bionic Arms
Holly Phimister – Preventing Catastrophic Deformity in Multiple Myeloma- Orthotic Interventions
Helen McCormack – EDS & Hypermobility Management
Fiona Davie-Smith and Bruce Carse Comparison of patient-reported and functional outcomes following transition from mechanical to microprocessor knee in the low-activity user with a unilateral transfemoral amputation
Stacey Care – Facilitating Student Placements in Prosthetics & Orthotics: A Practice Educator’s View
Gemma Cassidy – The Holistic Management of Patients and the Discussion of Mental Health
Sarah Williams – Fast and Simple ABPI Assessment: Allowing You to Compress with Confidence
Lynne Rowley – COVID: Virtual Ax Pathways
Malgorzata Serafin – 3D Printing: Experiences of a Digital Orthotist
Ian Reilly – Nerve Entrapments of the Foot and Ankle
Ivan Phelan – VR for Upper Limb
Dr Simin Li – Development of a Digital Design and Manufacturing Workflow for Personalised Paediatric Prosthetic Sockets
Dr Matthew Dyson – A Home-Based Biofeedback System for Teaching Children Prosthetic Control Through Games
Stephen Blakeley – Developing new everyday prosthetics for active children and adults
Laura Wiggins – Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway
Joshua Young – Orthotic Management of Scoliosis, navigating a varied and changing landscape
Dr Navid Aslani – Customisable 3-D Printed Covers for Children’s Prostheses
Christian Pankhurst – Mental Health Screening in Diabetic Foot Clinics
Professor Nachiappan Chockalingham – Biomechanical Assessment in Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities
Alan & Christopher Hutchison- ProsFit, a Fitting Solution: 3D Printing in Prosthetics
Carly Bauert – Limbformation
Alan Gordon – Low Mobility Patient Rehabilitation Using an MPK: The Journey to K3
Abigail Needham and Dr. Gemma Wheeler – The Starworks Child Prosthetics Research Network: Progress & Next Steps
Jamie Halliday & Donna Cooper – Rigo Cheneau Bracing at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Kirsty Sutters & Rachel Adam – Spinal Bracing for Scoliosis

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Prosthetists and Orthotists Day – only days away!

With the first ever Prosthetists and Orthotists (P&O) Day only days away the British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) is reminding prosthetists and orthotists to support the awareness day in their own services and organisations.

Taking place on the 8th September 2021, the awareness day aims to raise the profile of the two disciplines primarily with other health and care professionals. The day will provide the opportunity for prosthetists and orthotists to celebrate the profession and the benefit these roles have for patients accessing the services.

A suite of case studies is being prepared, based on information shared from prosthetists and orthotists across the country, to demonstrate the role the profession play in promoting patient wellbeing, health and rehabilitation.

There is also a P&O Day toolkit which includes various assets – social media content, website banners, posters etc – for BAPO members to use throughout their organisations and networks to raise the profile of the awareness day. The toolkit can be accessed here.

If you have got a case study or success story to share about the P&O profession, please complete the template which can be found on the P&O Day page on the BAPO website and return it by 31 August 2021