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- BAPO Tech and Trends Webinar – A Practical Application of Digital Technology for Custom Orthotics
Details Webinar Objective: To give a broad technological overview to what is possible when using digital workflows to mill or 3D Print custom orthotics insoles. Summary: This session will include details on existing rigid and soft shell 3D Printing, including the emerging ‘variational geometry’ software tools for designing & printing variable stiffness in a single material (resin or powder).… Read more: BAPO Tech and Trends Webinar – A Practical Application of Digital Technology for Custom Orthotics - Job Advert – Opcare – Orthotist, Great Ormond Street and surrounding area (OCS)Click here to view job advert
- Job Advert – Opcare – Clinical Lead Prosthetist – Great Shelford, CambridgeClick here to view job advert
- Job Advert – Orthotist – AM Matters – Staffordshire
- Available Webinars – NHS EnglandAdvancing the AHP Workforce in Rural & Coastal Communities webinar Thursday 02 October 2025 1.30-2.30pm Join us for an insightful session exploring the unique challenges and opportunities facing Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in rural and coastal areas. The aim is to highlight impactful workforce initiatives and foster collaboration for future solutions. This webinar will: Share Key Findings: Present the outcomes of… Read more: Available Webinars – NHS England
- Job Advert – Paediatric Orthotist – Cambridgeshire/ Peterborough
- Job Advert – Paediatric Orthotist – West Wales area
- Job Advert – Clinical Lead – Opcare – RoehamptonClick here to view job advert
- Tax ReliefDid you know BAPO is on the approved list HMRC’s learned societies and professional bodies for tax relief for professional body fees. To see if you’re eligible for tax relief on your BAPO membership fees please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/professional-bodies-approved-for-tax-relief-list-3
- Shortlists announced | Chief Allied Health Professions Officer’s Awards 2025The shortlists for the CAHPO Awards 2025 were announced last night via Suzanne Rastrick’s X / Twitter Please see the gallery below for the shortlisted categories. The category winners will be announced during the Chief AHP Officer’s AHPs Day Live Address on the 14 October (09:30-10:15).
- BAPO Internationally trained P&O Network🌍 Are you an internationally trained prosthetist or orthotist practicing or preparing to practice in the UK? ✅Join the BAPO Internationally Trained Prosthetists and Orthotists Network! 🤝Connect with fellow BAPO members who trained abroad—prosthetists/orthotists, technicians, and support workers (associates)—and be part of a supportive community aligned with ISPO education standards.
- Job Advert – Blatchford – Graduate Orthotist, Morecambe BayClick here to view Job Advert
- Job Advert – Blatchford – Prosthetist-Orthotist, DMRC, Stanford Hall, LoughboroughClick here to view Job Advert
- Job Advert – NHS Grampian – OrthotistClick here to view Job Advert
- BAPO Webinar – AHP’s Enhanced Practice PgCert at the University of Salford:We’re pleased to share an exciting NHSE commissioned AHP’s Enhanced Practice PgCert starting in September 2025! This programme is available via both the fully funded apprenticeship and non-apprenticeship routes and supports AHPs to develop across the four pillars of practice: 🩺 Clinical | 🧠 Leadership | 📚 Education | 🔬 Research 🔗 Learn more about the programme: 👉 PgCert Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship) | University of Salford… Read more: BAPO Webinar – AHP’s Enhanced Practice PgCert at the University of Salford:
- BAPO Teach and Trend Webinar – Provision of Braces for Patients with Knee OsteoArthritis (PROP OA): a randomised controlled trial.
- BAPO Tech and Trends Webinar – The Össur AeroFit system and its role in physiological thermoregulation at the skin/prosthesis interface
- Job Advert – Prestige Health – Orthotists – London and SoutheastClick here to view job advert
- BAPO launches new service provision guidance🚀 LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT📘 Service Provision Guidance for Prosthetic & Orthotic Services We’re proud to unveil the BAPO Service Provision Guidance for Prosthetic and Orthotic Service, a vital resource that defines what good prosthetic and orthotic care looks like — and why it matters. ✅ User-focused✅ Clinically led✅ Designed for commissioners, clinicians , and service leaders This guidance sets a new standard… Read more: BAPO launches new service provision guidance
- Job Advert – Colman Prosthetics & Orthotics – Clinical Prosthetist / Orthotist – Calgary, CanadaClick here to view job advert