This session explores practical ways to embed sustainability into everyday prosthetics and orthotics (P&O) practice. It will highlight how clinicians, technicians, companies, support workers and services can reduce environmental impact through smarter material choices, waste reduction, recycling initiatives, and greener clinical processes—all while maintaining high-quality patient care. Drawing from ongoing work within the NHS and BAPO’s sustainability plan, the talk will share real examples, lessons learned, and opportunities for collective action across the profession. Attendees will leave with practical ideas and inspiration to integrate sustainability into their own clinical and organisational settings

Diabetic foot disease is a complex condition involving many members of healthcare, working together as a team, to provide the best treatment and outcomes for a patient.

What can an Orthotist do to influence and treat this complex issue?  What factors within a patient’s journey can an Orthotist contribute meaningfully to?

How can Orthotics support other members of the team and their treatment?

This session will provide an introduction to bone sarcomas, focusing on their epidemiology, clinical presentation, and key principles guiding surgical management in paediatric populations.

 

Topics that will be explored include:

• Understanding what sarcomas are and how they develop
• Epidemiology and patterns of bone sarcomas
• Clinical features and management of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma
• The importance of achieving appropriate surgical margins
• Methods used to estimate residual growth in children
• Key considerations influencing surgical decision-making in paediatric oncology

Please note: This talk will include clinical case discussions and surgical concepts relevant to multidisciplinary rehabilitation and orthotic practice.

The Future Clinician Series launches with a session focused on helping learners get more out of clinical placements.

Placements are one of the most valuable parts of training, but meaningful learning does not happen automatically. This webinar will explore how learners can turn everyday clinical experiences into real learning by identifying knowledge gaps, asking purposeful questions, and taking ownership of their professional development.

Turning Placements and Work Experience into Real Learning
Speaker: Laura Murray, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde
Date: Wednesday, 25 March
Time: 12:00–13:00

This free webinar is open to P&O learners and new graduates.

Register here:
https://forms.office.com/e/RPSaGWDVBb

Over the past decade, we’ve seen a major shift from plaster-based workflows to digital fabrication.
The promise of a faster turnaround, better reproducibility, and improved patient experience is the usual hook, but in reality, many clinics discover that digital fabrication introduces new complexities, not fewer. Digital doesn’t automatically mean simple – it means different
This webinar’s goal is simple: to walk through the entire digital fabrication workflow, step by step, and openly discuss what works well, what commonly goes wrong, and how those challenges can be mitigated.
We’ll also talk about why many clinics choose to work with a central manufacturing partner that can support them in the transition to a digital fabrication workflow.

The British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics, in collaboration with the Limbless Association, and LIMB-art, is launching “Design a Superhero with a Prosthetic Limb” for Key Stage 2 pupils across the UK .

This engaging project challenges students to design a prosthetic limb for a superhero, helping them explore engineering, design thinking, and the human impact of healthcare careers. Along the way, pupils also learn about the role of prosthetists and how science and creativity combine to change lives.

Why get involved

• Links directly to STEM learning and the Gatsby Benchmarks

• Supports PSHE themes of inclusion, resilience, and positive representation of disability

• Offers a meaningful encounter with a real healthcare profession

• Flexible for classroom, club, or enrichment use

Who can take part
All UK primary school pupils in Key Stage 2.

Prizes

• The winning student or group will see their design turned into a real LIMB-art prosthetic cover.

• The winning school will receive a £1,000 voucher to spend on resources or student activities.

• The winning entry will also be featured in BAPO’s national magazine and online platforms.

Key dates

• Entries close: 29 May 2026

• Winner announced by: 30 June 2026

Entries are submitted by schools via a simple online form, and pupils can enter using drawings, models, or digital designs.

All competition materials, including lesson-friendly resources and full guidance, are available in the competition pack.

 

As digital technologies continue to reshape healthcare, Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O) must critically examine what “digital” truly means for professional practice, workforce development, and patient care. The discussion will consider digital technology not as a replacement for clinical skill, craftsmanship, or professional judgement, but as a refinement and extension of the existing P&O skill set. Set against the backdrop of the NHS 10-Year Plan (2025–2035), Fit for the Future—which places technology at the centre of healthcare transformation and a shift from “analogue to digital”—the session will examine what this direction means specifically for P&O services. As the NHS seeks to reduce administrative burden, enable new ways of working, and empower patients through digital pathways, the profession must begin to reimagine what contemporary practice looks like.