The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists

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Centre for Advancing Practice Conference 2025

Dear colleague, 


We’re thrilled to invite you to the Centre for Advancing Practice’s Annual Conference this November – our biggest and most exciting event of the year!


This year’s theme is:


#10Years3Shifts1Mission: Advancing Practice for the Future NHS
We’re moving into a dedicated conference week focused on collaboration, innovation, and shaping better outcomes for the future. We will have sessions throughout the week to ensure everyone has the opportunity to engage and participate. It’s a chance to come together, share insights, challenge thinking, and co-create solutions that make a real difference.


What’s Happening:


Date: 10–14 November 2025
Location: Online/Virtual


Hashtags: #AdvancingPractice2025 #10Years3Shifts1Mission


Across five days, you’ll enjoy:


• Inspiring Keynotes
• Interactive Panels
• Engagement Areas
• On-Demand Access after the event
 

Why You Should Join Us:


• Explore the 10-Year Health Plan and discover how advanced practitioners will play a pivotal role in delivering the government’s three key shifts.
• Gain insights from leading experts and seasoned practitioners, and uncover practical tools and strategies to address today’s challenges in advancing practice.
• Hear from a dynamic and diverse range of speakers from across England and beyond.
• Explore emerging trends, essential skills, and proven best practices through engaging formats designed to inspire fresh thinking and innovation in advancing practice.


Registration is open now!


We can’t wait to welcome you to this year’s conference. Let’s shape the future of Advancing Practice together!
 

Warm wishes,


The Centre for Advancing Practice Team

Book Tickets

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10 Year Workforce Plan call for evidence – Prosthetic and Orthotic input required 

NHS partners and stakeholders are asked to contribute to a call for evidence open for six weeks until 7 November 2025, to support the development of the 10 Year Workforce Plan. The is to create a plan that empowers staff, delivers world-class care, and secures the future of the NHS.   

  

Examples of best practice and innovation across the P&O profession are required showing how they can be scaled to meet the 10 Year Health Plan ambitions. 

  

This plan aims to create a sustainable workforce that is fit for the future, ensuring the NHS has the right people, in the right roles, with the right skills, so that every patient receives world-class care whenever they need it. It will support staff to work flexibly, grow their skills, and feel fulfilment in their careers.   

  

The prosthetic and orthotic community must ensure its voice is heard we have a lot to offer that aligns with the NHS ten-year plan.

  

Please contribute to the call for evidence here: 10 Year Workforce Plan – GOV.UK

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Confident Conversation in Research. Workshop for AHPs 11th November 10am-3.30pm

Confident Conversations in Research_November 11th 2025 for AHPsDownload

The AHP dementia forum has a key priority of research in our workplan. A key outcome of this priority area was to deliver a workshop in partnership with Dr Emma Law and Jacqui Kerr on Confident Conversations for allied health professionals. You can see on the attached flyer some information on the what Confident Conversations is about.

My email is to now invite you to consider who you would like to join us for the workshop and email me names of people who could join us. The workshop is FREE and a light lunch will be provided.

Date: Tuesday 11th November 2025

Time: 10am until 3.30pm

Venue: Alzheimer Scotland, 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ

It is a workshop for 12  AHP participants. Please let me know would you like to attend by 24th October. Contact Elaine Hunter

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AHP Dementia Webinar 5th November 2025 – Connecting You To Support; Transformational Leadership In Action

Warm invitation to join the National AHP Dementia Webinar series – sharing practice, connecting people, connecting support.  

The webinar will be held on MSTeams 

 

“Connecting You To Support; Transformational Leadership In Action”- AHP Dementia Webinar 

 on 5th November 2025, 3:30 -4:30pm

Join us to hear the impact of three Connecting People Connecting Support (CPCS) AHP leadership roles and learn how they have supported local communities, the AHP workforce and integrated the voices of lived experience of dementia in Scotland.

 

Guest Presenters & Former AHP Clinical Leads for Connecting People Connecting Support:  

Angela Pointon, NHS Grampian

Gillian Trotter,  NHS Lanarkshire

Angela Watson, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

 

Follow the link to register: : https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ca85152c-e063-41a5-b8a4-a364c532fc28@10efe0bd-a030-4bca-809c-b5e6745e499a

 

You can listen again to any of our previous AHP Dementia webinars by following this link https://www.alzscot.org/ahpwebinars 

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Calling all students and apprentices – How did you first discover prosthetics an orthotics as a career choice?

🎓 Calling all P&O students and apprentices! 👋

 

BAPO is eager to learn how learners first discover Prosthetics & Orthotics (P&O) as a career choice and what motivates you to pursue this rewarding and life-changing profession. 💡

We want to hear your story! 💬
👉 Take a few minutes to complete our short survey and tell us why you chose your P&O course.

 

This survey is open to UK P&O learners studying at Salford University, Strathclyde University, Derby University, and Keele University.

Your feedback will help BAPO enhance outreach efforts and raise awareness of P&O as a meaningful and exciting career option. 🌟

Thank you for sharing your time and insights — your voice matters

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Calling all members! AHP Workforce Consultation Survey

An important consultation is taking place, and this is your opportunity to ensure that what matters to you is prioritised for research.

The AHP Workforce Research Partnership (AHP WRaP) is consulting with those working in frontline services delivered by Allied Health Professions, or in AHP management, leadership, academic, or policy roles to find out what questions about the AHP workforce need answering by research.

If you would like to learn more and/or take part in the survey, please click this link: 

https://research.shu.ac.uk/ahpwrap/ahp-psp/ahp-workforce-survey/

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We want to hear from you on how achievable the digital shift is for prosthetics and orthotics services

Dear Colleague,

 

The NHS 10-Year Plan puts technology and data at the centre of future care. We’d like your views on how achievable this digital shift feels for prosthetics and orthotics services.

This short survey (5 mins) will capture NHS staff perspectives and shape content for next year’s Digital Health Rewired conference. Responses are confidential, and you’ll receive a summary of the results.

Complete survey here

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Gait Evaluation in UK Prosthetics & Orthotics Survey

Survey Flyer for Gait Evaluation in UK Prothetics & OrthoticsDownload

We would like to invite you to take part in a short anonymous online survey exploring how registered prosthetists and orthotists working in UK clinical practice use gait assessment/evaluation. It is part of an important research project designed to build a clearer picture of current practice, challenges, and opportunities in gait assessment across the profession.

 

We are particularly interested in understanding:

  • The actual and desired use of different methods of gait assessment
  • The challenges and enablers influencing gait assessment use
  • The perceived benefits of gait assessment in clinical practice

 

Your contribution will help establish a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of how gait assessment is applied in UK clinical prosthetics and orthotics. Your input is vital to ensuring this research reflects the breadth of experiences within the profession.

 

A pilot with clinicians suggests the survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.

 

Please see the attached participant information sheet for further details. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch (J.Reay@salford.ac.uk). 

 

Click on this link to access the survey:

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/final-draft-gait-evaluation-in-uk-prosthetics-and-orthotics-dup

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Programme Grants for Applied Research – NOW OPEN

The PGfAR funding opportunity opens for applications on 7th October 2025. This is a ring-fenced call for programmes of applied health research designed to respond to NIHR PGfAR brief – ‘Research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms to drive transformational changes for patients and the public’. 

Opening date: 7 October 2025 at 1:00 pm

Closing date: 2 December 2025 at 1:00 pm

For more information on this exciting opportunity for AHPs, please visit the website at: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-grants-applied-research-october-2025/2025350-2025351-2025352