BAPO
Bulletin September 2014
BAPO Short Courses
Spaces available - book quickly to avoid
disappointment
Paediatric Gait Analysis and Orthotic Management: A Segmental
Kinematic Approach - Elaine Owen MSc SRP MCSP
16th-17th October, 2014, Venue- Mercure
Goldthorn Hotel, Wolverhampton
The course explores a
fresh approach to the observation and analysis of normal gait and standing, and
the classification and management of gait disorders. The biomechanics of normal
gait and standing, and the pathological gaits of disabling conditions will be
extensively reviewed, with particular reference to orthotic management.
Pre-gait analysis and orthotic management assessment will be demonstrated. The
emphasis of patient cases will focus on cerebral palsy, myelomeningocoele and
other neurological conditions. Participants will gain a knowledge of the aims
of orthotic management and how to achieve them through: the biomechanics of
ankle-foot orthoses, the influence of footwear, varieties of ‘AFO Footwear
Combination’ design, tuning ‘AFO Footwear Combinations’ to optimise gait and
extensive video examples.
Orthotic treatment of
Neurological Conditions
Friday 14th
November, 2014, Venue- Peacocks
Medical, Newcastle
Developed to support
clinicians to consolidate and update their clinical knowledge with neurological
conditions, this one day course is aimed at level 5/6 clinicians. This course gives an intensive overview of
orthotic treatment interventions and principles for a wide range of
neurological conditions. Common interventions
to compliment orthotic treatment will be discussed along with the role of
specialise orthotic skills such as FES.
World Obesity Survey
This survey developed by the International
Association for the Study of Obesity (Now World Obesity Clinical Care) aims to
build a better understanding of how obesity is currently managed and to
identify educational and other priorities to improve outcomes for people who
are overweight or obese. It takes 5-10 minutes to complete and is a good
opportunity to raise awareness of the contribution of AHPs. Please
encourage relevant members to contribute.
Regional
Meetings
BAPO have recently
hosted some regional meetings in the North East of England on the 29th July and
Scotland on the 12th August. Read the reports in the upcoming BAPOmag for more
details. These are the first in a series of meetings, with plans for meetings
in the south of England and Wales. Please look out for more details and how to
get involved.
Allied Health Professionals Survey
Following the success of Making Every Contact Count (MECC)
initiative in supporting people to lead healthier lives in NHS settings, the
Royal Society for Public Health is working in partnership with Public Health
England to explore the potential for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) to
engage in “healthy conversations” with their clients in order to improve the
health and wellbeing of their patients and clients.
In collaboration with Allied Health
Professional Bodies, we are keen to hear from AHPs to better understand the
extent to which professionals already engage in healthy conversations with
their patients or clients and some of the challenges they might face.
We would really appreciate it if you
could spare five minutes to complete a short survey to help direct our
research.
Professional Indemnity
As you may be aware the government have now introduced
legislation that
requires all HCPC registrants, apart from social workers in England, to
hold appropriate professional indemnity cover as a condition of
registration with the HCPC.
This will not affect the majority of registrants as they will already be
indemnified either through their employer, BAPO Indemnity Insurance, directly
with an insurer or a combination of these. It is, however important that
each HCPC registrant has the appropriate level of cover for their practice.
HCPC have published guidance for registrants, -Professional indemnity and your
registration, which is available on their website here:
http://www.hcpc-uk.org/assets/documents/10004776Professionalindemnityandyourregistration.pdf
HCPC
have also put together some Frequently Asked Questions which are
available here: http://www.hcpc-uk.org/registrants/indemnity/
Fundamental
standards: improving quality and transparency in care
The government has
announced legislation which introduces fundamental standards for health and
social care providers. Subject to parliamentary approval, they will become law
in April 2015.
The new measures are
being introduced as part of the government’s response to the Francis Inquiry’s recommendations and
are intended to help improve the quality of care and transparency of providers
by insuring that those responsible for poor care can be held to account.
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