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29th April 2025 by BAPO Admin

BAPO is proud to release our latest report: “The Impact of Commissioning and Contracts on the Training, Education, and Development of Prosthetists and Orthotists.”

🔎 This comprehensive review explores how current commissioning models have the potential to affect the growth, retention and morale of the P&O workforce — and what must change to secure the future of patient care.

📚 Key insights include:

• Barriers to education and development across commissioned and in-house services

• The consequences of viewing P&O services as product-centric rather than clinically led

• The urgent need for protected time and funding for Continued Professional Development (CPD)

• Recommendations for improving commissioning practices, leadership pathways, outcome measures, and workforce sustainability roving commissioning practices, leadership pathways, and workforce sustainability

🔗 Read the full report below and discover how we can work together to support and empower the prosthetic and orthotic profession.

The impact of commissioning and contracts on the training, education, and development of prosthetists and orthotists A review anDownload

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