AHP Careers Fellowships Scheme
now open – NHS Scotland
Working as a locum? - this
may affect you
New
price caps for agency staff working in the NHS
FGM Mandatory Reporting –
support pack for health professionals
For your information regarding mandatory reporting related to child
protection
Launch of Orthotics report
NHS England has launched a report on orthotics this week. BAPO have been
working with stakeholders to review commissioning guidance on orthotic services
in England. This document was created by involved clinical commissioning groups
and is a positive step in improving the knowledge of commissioners about
orthotics and influence the way our services move forward in the near future.
Launch of Improved Engagement
from NICE
NICE is establishing an Insight Community which provides opportunities
for you to influence the development and improvement of NICE products. You can
do this by taking part in any of the following activities:
· Focus groups
· Interviews
· Surveys
· Website testing sessions
· Online searching exercises
They only contact you when there are relevant opportunities coming up.
So far, nearly 1000 practitioners have signed-up. However, there is low
representation by social care practitioners. To ensure NICE can better
meet your needs in the future, we would like to invite you to join in their
insight community. Your contribution would be much appreciated and will help us
shape the future of NICE products. If you would like to be part of their
Insight Community, please complete the short survey here. It only takes 5 minutes.
Launch of exciting new
opportunity for funding research
This
week Arthritis Research UK launched a new project with the Design Council - the Spark product
innovation fund
Workforce Survey
Thank you for the 400 of you who responded to this survey. We appreciate
your engagement with the process and the honesty of your responses.
Results will be available at Conference in March - hope to see you all
there.
Spinal survey
A working group has been looking at developing national spinal bracing
guidance. They are interested in finding out what you would prescribe in
certain situations. Look out for the link to the first of their series of 3 online
surveys available in December.
BAPO
membership
It’s renewal time already. Please ensure you update your details and
return your paperwork to the Secretariat before you miss the cut-off date.
EC
Nominations
We currently have 7 empty seats on our Executive Committee and no
practicing prosthetic clinicians.
Been qualified for more than 5 years and interested in shaping the
future of our profession? Please drop me an email for an informal chat - chair@bapo.com
Conference
Professional
Affairs Committee
The Committee would like to highlight the release
of two NICE Guidelines, ‘Older people with social care needs and
multiple long-term conditions’ and ‘Venous Thromboembolic Diseases (Standing
Committee Update)’. Link to the
guidelines below:
NICE guideline on older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions
Education
2016 Short Course Programme coming soon, look for further information in
BAPOmag 2016 Issue 1.
Places available:
MSK Foot & Ankle – 15 & 16 January 2016 (Trulife, Sheffield)
MSK Foot & Ankle – 15 & 16 January 2016 (Trulife, Sheffield)
MSK Foot & Ankle – 6 & 7 February 2016 (Tebbit Centre, Oxford)
