NHS White Paper     Letter from ANDREW LANSLEY CBE Secretary of State for Health
                                 Liberating the NHS white paper
                                 Draft structural reform plan
                                 White Paper special bulletin
                                 Final Letter to GP's in England July 2010
                               
                                

Health and Social care awards

The Florence Nightingale Foundation/Burdett Trust Leadership Development Scholarship for 2010

Influencing service reviews and changes in your workplace: a guide for BAPO members 
Many health providers and services throughout the UK are currently subject to proposals to save money or restructure. Where services are no longer meeting the needs of patients, BAPO and UNISON are supportive of considered re-structuring based on broad consultation with service users and staff and want to ensure that no long-term detriment to the health service for people who use our services, often the most vulnerable groups of people within our society. As health staff brace themselves against the effects of reduced budgets, vacancy freezes and cuts to jobs and services, there has never been a more critical time for prosthetic and orthotic staff to insist on involvement in the review and restructuring of the services.  UNISON has developed this guidance to assist BAPO members to influence service reviews and give you an idea of the types of questions you could be raising where cuts or changes to services are proposed. The guide can be found on our member section and at:
http://www.unison.org.uk/healthcare/bapo.asp

Practice Development Network

Rheumatology (Orthotist) Special Interest Group

Presentations from Conference 2010 available to view in Downloads folder (Members Section)

Conference Committee value your opinion and ask if you would like to leave feedback on any of Conference 2010 clinical programme then please download, complete and email the Session feedback form and email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or post it into the BAPO Secretariat.

Orthotic Service in the NHS: Improving Service Provision

You can now read BAPOmag online -  go to members only downloads folder