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- Welcoming Rebecca Green as BAPO’s new Practice Educator Co-leadRebecca is a Senior Orthotist at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, with a passion for practice education, professional development and supporting the next generation of prosthetists and orthotists. Actively involved in student and apprentice education, clinical supervision and service development, Rebecca was recently recognised with both Trust and Black Country regional awards for Innovation and Practice Education. She is also… Read more: Welcoming Rebecca Green as BAPO’s new Practice Educator Co-lead
- Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2026 Health in Rural Areas and Small Towns
- Abstracts now open for BAPO Regional Conference Newcastle Friday 23rd April 2027
- BAPO Teatime Talk – International day of persons with disability: No Excuses , Can do, Find a way
- Job Advert – Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – B7 Specialist Orthotist
- Job Advert – TayCare Medical Ltd – Orthotist – Herefordshire & Worcestershire
- Inspiring the next generation: taking P&O into primary schoolsWhat happens when you introduce a classroom of primary school children to prosthetics and orthotics? Plenty of curiosity, creative ideas and some brilliant questions! Francesca Makey, BAPO Career Outreach Officer, recently visited a primary school careers event, where children dressed up as the professionals they hoped to become. When she asked whether anyone knew what an orthotist was, only a… Read more: Inspiring the next generation: taking P&O into primary schools
- Celebrating AHP DayOn 14 October, we will join the 13 other Allied Health Professions (AHPs) across England to celebrate AHPs Day. The AHP community makes a vital contribution to system-wide care, assessing, treating and diagnosing patients across health and social care and beyond. AHPs Day provides an opportunity for the workforce to come together and celebrate the breadth of the professions and… Read more: Celebrating AHP Day
- Job Advert – The Children’s Hospital at Westmead – (Australia), Head of Department – Orthotics
- Job Advert – Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Orthotic Technician
- Introducing Axel Ruiz Bermudez, BAPO Learner ChampionBAPO is delighted to welcome Axel Ruiz Bermudez as a Learner Champion. Axel is studying for a Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics and hopes to use his experiences to support fellow learners and help ensure their voices are heard. Through sharing the challenges he has faced and the resilience he has developed, Axel aims to encourage others throughout… Read more: Introducing Axel Ruiz Bermudez, BAPO Learner Champion
- Job Advert – NHS Dumfries & Galloway – Lead Orthotist Band 7
- Job Advert – Steeper Group – Senior Orthotist – Harrogate
- BAPO Connected Care Webinar – Freedom to Speak Up: Championing Every Voice – The Guardian & Champion Perspective
- Allied Health Professionals Federation calls for stronger AHP leadership in NHS reformThe Allied Health Professionals Federation believes the Health Bill presents an important opportunity to strengthen Allied Health Professional (AHP) leadership across the health and care system. The AHPF, which brings together the UK’s Allied Health Professional bodies and representative organisations including BAPO, represents more than 190,000 AHPs working across health, social care, education, justice and voluntary sector settings. AHPs play… Read more: Allied Health Professionals Federation calls for stronger AHP leadership in NHS reform
- BAPO Tech and Trends – Algeos – From craft to code: The digital evolution of foot orthoses
- BAPO Tech and Trends – Ottobock – Advancing Upper Limb Prosthetics: myosmart experiences so far and what’s new
- Job Advert – Steeper – Principal Orthotist – South Coast
- Job Advert – Blatchford Ltd – Clinical Lead Prosthetist – R&D
- Job Advert – Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Band 6 Orthotist