Posts tagged Technicians
Nominations for Limbcare Tech of the year close on 31st Jan 2011
Dec 29th
Remember to get your nominations in for the Limbcare Technician of the Year award for 2011 as the nominations must be in by 31st January 2011 to be considered by the judging panel to win the £500 prize. details of the award as as follows.
Do you know a Technician who goes that extra mile? Someone who makes sure their patients device is suitable for their activities or has a great understanding of what their patient needs. Maybe it’s a Technician who has overcome barriers to allow them to carry out their duties, or Technicians who consistently produce excellent and innovative devices?
Well now is your chance to give them something back by nominating them for the Limbcare Technician of the Year Award.
The prize is £500 and the Technician can be nominated by anyone, be it their manager, a clinician, a fellow Technician, or a patient or user.
To nominate a Technician of the Year simply tell us in under 300 words why they should win this award. Send your entry together with a completed Nomination Detail Form to the BAPO Secretariat at the address below. The winner will be presented with their award by Limbcare Chairman Ray Edwards at the BAPO Conference in Harrogate on Saturday 5
March 2011.
Please send your nomination to:
Limbcare Technician of the Year Award
BAPO
Sir James Clark Building
Abbey Mill Business Centre
Paisley
PA1 1TJ
e-mail: conference@bapo.com
Colchester reduces waiting times
Dec 20th
Prosthetic services were originally transferred from Harold Wood to Colchester General Hospital in January 2008 and now Orthotic and Prosthetic Manager Janet York at Colchester General Hospital clarifies concerns over access to Prosthetic and associated services. “the service runs 5 days a week with increased rehabilitation services for all our Prosthetic patients at their local hospital, Colchester General. This includes Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and gym classes”
The reasoning behind the decision to move this service to Colchester General Hospital was to provide the ability or flexibility to treat and provide rehabilitation to the patient closer to home, and since then Janet says “the service has gone from strength to strength”
Whilst the current team of 1 Prothetist and 1 Technician currently only attend 2 days each week, Colchester General Hospital have the option of increasing the number of days should there be sufficient needs. Colchester General Hospital has also the option to provide aditional days on an ad hoc basis should clinics become full or lead times for an appointment become unreasonable.
The current waiting times for both new and review appointments in December 2010 are within 5 working days.
Janet also says: “that we have improved fit delivery times for a new limb to within 2 weeks,and any urgent referrals can be seen at the Stanmore Centre on the days the Prosthetist does not attend. This is easily arranged, however within the last 2 years we have not needed to use this facility.”
Colchester General Hospital have been successful in helping patients to set up a local Prosthetic User Group, and the intention is to involve them in the future of the service.
Should you require further information please contact Janet York on 01206 742264 or via email janet.york@colchesterhospital.nhs.uk
Technician Awareness Day
Dec 4th
After the success of previous Awareness Days for Technicians the Technician Committee are pleased to announce that we will be running another Awareness Day at Conference 2011. The day will again be run on the Friday prior to the opening of Conference and we will be utilising the excellent facilities of the International Conference Centre Harrogate, the venue for Conference 2011.
Once again we have lined up three excellent speakers who will present on the following topics:-
1. The Role of the Support Worker in O&P
2. Risk assessment in the Workplace
3. What a Patient needs from their Technician
All subjects which are very relevant to Orthotic and Prosthetic Technicians. Technicians who attend the Awareness Day Course will qualify for a reduction in their Conference registration fee. You could attend Conference for as little as £26!!
To assist employers/individuals with costs delegates are encouraged to apply to the OETT for reimbursement of expenses which can include course fees, return travel and one nights’ accommodation. Information on criteria and application form are available at www.bapo.com
All attendees will be presented with a certificate of attendance which can be used as evidence for your CPD.
Costs:
BAPO Members £190.00
Non Members £250.00