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- BAPO Regional Conference – Wigan 16.05.2025
- BAPO Webinar: Prosthetic and orthotic clinical educators resource launch eventDetails Join us for 90 minutes to celebrate the launch of the BAPO P&O Clinical Educator Network and supporting resources. This event will mark the launch with an overview of the work plus guest speakers talking us through some of the essential wrap around resources that BAPO has produced during 2024. This webinar is for P&O clinical educator network members… Read more: BAPO Webinar: Prosthetic and orthotic clinical educators resource launch event
- BAPO membership for 2025Dear Member, We hope this finds you well and that you have had a successful year making a difference to the lives of so many people. We are proud at BAPO of all our members’ achievements and celebrate your incredible work. Thank you for continuing to be a member of BAPO this year, your support is greatly valued. Your professional… Read more: BAPO membership for 2025
- Global Advanced Practice SummitAbstracts are now open for the Global Advanced Practice Summit. This virtual 24-hour event is designed to connect advanced practitioners from around the globe. Early bird tickets are on sale until December 31st
- Announcing the Launch of the UK Limb Difference Research CommunityWe are thrilled to announce the development of a groundbreaking initiative: the UK Limb Difference Research Community. This community aims to bring together amputees, individuals with limb differences, their supporters, industry professionals, and researchers in the field of prosthetics to foster a collaborative and inclusive environment. Our primary motivation is to ensure that research is driven by the needs and… Read more: Announcing the Launch of the UK Limb Difference Research Community
- Looking to the futureThis member-only resource guides you through your responsibility as a future HCPC registrant when it comes to fulfilling their standards for CPD and how to evidence this as part of the regular cycle of re-registration every two years. BAPO (2024) Supporting prosthetists and orthotists with HCPC CPD Audit (in member only section of website) The Orthotic Education & Training… Read more: Looking to the future
- Continuing professional development resources and events
- Best Practice, Policies and Statements
- Inspiring your brilliant career
- Learner voice at BAPOThe purpose of the BAPO Learner Reference Group is to co-create an approach that enables BAPO, the national professional body for the prosthetic and orthotic profession in the UK, to link more closely with learners enrolled on pathways to join the P&O workforce. In the first instance, we plan to bring together learner representatives from across the UK’s four P&O… Read more: Learner voice at BAPO
- Job Advert – Dorset Orthopaedic Ottobock – Prosthetist – AmershamClick here to view job advert
- BAPO Ethical Code 2025BAPO is pleased to launch the new and updated Ethical Code. The purpose of the BAPO Ethical Code (‘the Code’) is to provide a set of standards that describe the ethical principles that underpin practice in the field of prosthetics and orthotics. The Code reflects both public and professional expectations of our members’ practice and behaviour. BAPO is strongly committed… Read more: BAPO Ethical Code 2025
- BAPO Standards for Best Practice 2025BAPO is pleased to share the newly revamped and easy-to-read 2025 version of the BAPO Standards for Best Practice.
- Job Advert – Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – OrthotistClick here to view job advert
- BAPO Webinar: Unlocking the Potential of Patient-Facing Support Workers and Technicians in P&O
Details Webinar Invitation: Unlocking the Potential of Patient-Facing Support Workers & Technicians in P+O Join us for an exciting and informative webinar showcasing the outcomes of a two-year project dedicated to advancing the roles of patient-facing Support Workers and Technicians in the Prosthetics and Orthotics (P+O) workforce. We’ll introduce:✅ A Framework designed to define and enhance these roles.✅ Web-based resources to showcase the roles.✅… Read more: BAPO Webinar: Unlocking the Potential of Patient-Facing Support Workers and Technicians in P&O - BAPO Webinar: Supporting career growth to sustain the profession
Details We known there are significant workforce challenges for P&O. The UK’s smallest allied health profession, it has the highest attrition rate amongst them. Only 34% of respondents to a recent workforce survey ‘definitely’ planned to stay in the profession for the next five years. Low levels of job satisfaction, lack of career progression, and not feeling valued were leading reasons… Read more: BAPO Webinar: Supporting career growth to sustain the profession - BAPO Teatime Talk – Microprocessor Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis Technology, the Tectus
Details This talk will feature an overview of the Tectus, a slim, lightweight microprocessor controlled KAFO. We welcome you to join us to as we present on – The functions and design of the Tectus Patient case studies of the Tectus in use Data collection and outcomes An overview of digital health advancements Introducing the Tectus UK study - BAPO Teatime Talk – Understanding Pain
Details Jaj aims to raise awareness of the impact of persistent pain and provide healthcare professionals with a better understanding of the science behind why we hurt. She will bring pain science to you in an accessible, engaging, and relevant way. Her focus is on pain being not just a marker of tissue damage but actually a complex subconscious phenomenon.… Read more: BAPO Teatime Talk – Understanding Pain - BAPO Teatime Talk – Plastics, What’s The Difference?
Details A short presentation covering North Sea Plastics range of specialised rigid and flexible thermoplastics used in the fabrication of Prosthetic and Orthotic devices. Material properties, heating guidelines and moulding procedures will be discussed. - Job Advert – Steeper – Prosthetist – StanmoreClick here to view job advert