If you want to see what motivates some of these members, please go to their Just Giving website links below:
The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) was established to encourage high standards of prosthetic and orthotic practice. It is committed to Continued Professional Development and education to enhance standards of prosthetic and orthotic care. BAPO is the only UK body that represents the interests of prosthetic and orthotic professionals and associate members to their employers, BAPO enjoys the support of a high majority of the profession as members.
Thursday 29 March 2012
BLESMA Fund Raising
A number of British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) members are enduring blisters and strict training regimes to train for the London Marathon on the 22 April 2012 all in aid to raise money for British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association (BLESMA).
2012 Olympic Paralympic Games
The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Paralympic Games is on Wednesday, 29 August 2012.
The BBC intend to broadcast 25 hours of broadcast including commentary and analysis on 5 live.
There are 2 million tickets to attend events costing between £10 and £45.
There are 20 sports on the lineup for London 2012 Paralympics including, Archery, Cycling, Judo, Football, Sailing, Shooting and Basketball to mention a few. Athletics is by far the biggest sport on the programme with 1,100 athletes competing for 170 gold medals.
Have you managed to get tickets to the Paralympic Games or are you even attending to help out? Post your thoughts about the events, venues, and athletes below.
A new NHS pension scheme
Does the new NHS pension scheme affect you? Tell us how you feel by commenting below.
The key facts in the proposals for a new NHS pension
Scheme are:
The proposed pension scheme will not be introduced before April 2015.
• All pension rights earned in the NHS pension scheme up to that point will
be unaffected and based on your final salary when you retire. No-one will
lose any pension entitlements that they have already built up.
• If you are within ten years of your pension age you will not be moving to the
new scheme and will get the same pension you would have done at your
chosen retirement age.
• If you are within thirteen years and five months of normal pension age, your
pension is partially protected – so you will remain on the current
arrangements for a longer period.
• The new pension scheme from 2015 will continue to provide what is called
‘defined scheme related benefits’ – this is different to the ‘defined
contribution’ schemes which are now common in the private sector and
often more risky.
• Those defined scheme related benefits will be based on your average
earnings over the course of your NHS career rather than your final salary.
• The annual rate of pension accrual for the new scheme will be 1/54ths of
pensionable earnings each year with no limit to your service – this is the
rate at which you build up pension benefits. This is a better accrual rate for
your pension than you get at the moment.
• Employee pension contributions – what you pay into your pension – is
based on a full-time salary and will increase by an average of 3.2
percentage points over 3 years from April 2012. The 630,000 NHS staff
who earn less than £26,557 on a full-time equivalent basis will not pay any
extra into their pension in 2012/13 and there will be consultation on the
proposals for subsequent years.
• Most NHS Trades Unions and NHS Employers have stated that they
believe that this final proposal represents the best that can be achieved
through discussions.
Rigid Footplate Shows Advantages Over AFO for Idiopathic Toe Walking
Rigid Footplate Shows Advantages Over AFO for Idiopathic Toe Walking
Many of us would see habitual toe walkers within our everyday clinics. What's your preference of treatment and why?
Many of us would see habitual toe walkers within our everyday clinics. What's your preference of treatment and why?
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