Orthotics Conference

Orthotics Conference

David Sinclair

8/10/1999

emPOWER, the UK based consortium of 34 disability charities is holding a
conference on orthotics on November 8th 1999. The UK's Health Minister, John
Hutton MP will be giving the keynote speech. Further details are pasted
below.

Meanwhile, please do have a look at the new emPOWER website at
www.empowernet.org

Please contact me for further details.

Best wishes

David Sinclair
emPOWER
Prosthetics/Orthotics/Wheelchairs/Equipment/Rehabilitation


Do You Want To Help Raise the Profile of
ORTHOTICS
in the new NHS?


Come to the emPOWER Consensus Conference on

Monday 8 November 1999

Central Hall, Westminster, London SW1H 9NH



The keynote speech will be by Health Minister John Hutton.

Dr Dipak Datta will, against the inherited low priority for Orthotic
Services within the new NHS, review the Report of a Working Party of the
British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, which concludes that major
improvements for Orthotic Services are long overdue.

Colin Peacock, Chair of the P & O Board of the Council for Professions
Supplementary to Medicine, will discuss Continued Professional Development.

Sue Banton from STEPS will initiate a Consultative Update on progress with
Standards of Care for Children with Limb Deficiencies

Mags Miller, Chair of BAPO, will review obstacles and opportunities to
Interactions between Professional Staff and Users.

Mike Ferguson of NHS SUPPLIES will seek views on Purchasing for Quality.

Other vital topics include priorities for additional resources for
Sustaining Centres of Excellence and for Research & Development

A TRADE FAIR and CONVERSAZIONE will enable delegates to exchange ideas about
new developments and proposed innovations.


emPOWER

Prosthetics/Orthotics/Wheelchairs/Electronic Assistive
Technology/Rehabilitation


EXHIBITION SPACE REGISTRATION FORM


ORTHOTICS
in the new NHS

An important one day Conference to help spread best practices and to review
needs for additional resources for continued professional development and
for research and development.


Monday 8 November 1999 at 10.00 for 10.30 am

at

CENTRAL HALL, Westminster, London SW1H 9NH



I wish to reserve one exhibition place for this Conference at a cost of £180


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Please tell us of any special needs e.g. extra space for wheelchair, diet,
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Please make your cheque payable to LIMBLESS ASSOCIATION, and kindly send
your cheque with this completed Registration Form to:

emPOWER Conference Officer, Limbless Association, Roehampton Rehabilitation
Centre, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PR. Telephone: 0181-788 1777; Fax:
0181-788 3444 email: <Email Address Redacted>

emPOWER
Prosthetics/Orthotics/Wheelchairs/Electronic Assistive
Technology/Rehabilitation

REGISTRATION FORM


ORTHOTICS
in the new NHS

An important one day Conference to help spread best practices and to review
needs for additional resources for continued professional development and
for research and development.


Monday 8 November 1999 at 10.00 for 10.30 am

at the

CENTRAL HALL, Westminster, London SW1H 9NH

I/We wish to reserve.............places for this Conference


NAME(S) POSITION

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ADDRESS

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Please tell us of any special needs e.g. extra space for wheelchair, diet,
etc.


Individual Fee, including Lunch, will be £100 per person.


Please make your cheque payable to LIMBLESS ASSOCIATION, and kindly send
your cheque with this completed Registration Form to:

emPOWER Conference Officer
Limbless Association
Roehampton Rehabilitation Centre
Roehampton Lane
London SW15 5PR
Telephone: 0181-788 1777 Fax: 0181-788 3444


David Sinclair
EmPOWER/Limbless Association
Roehampton Lane
Roehampton
London
SW15 5PR

Tel: 0181 788 9464 (Direct) or 0181 788 1777

Mobile: 07713 253158

Fax: 0181 788 3444

Email: <Email Address Redacted>

emPOWER Web Page: www.empowernet.org

Limbless Association Web Page: www.charitynet.org/~limbassoc




-----Original Message-----
From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
Behalf Of Bill Lifford
Sent: 09 August 1999 19:14
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Transfemoral IPOP

Hi all,

Got a question: I have a referral for an IPOP AK. I'm curious as to
how you mold the proximal brim and trim it to a socket shape.

Is it accepatble to incorporate as IPOS brim, etc, into the cast??? I
thought about using that and then casting over it to reinforce it (this
is, of course over all the other stuff, the socks and pads, etc.) Any
thoughts, advice, would be greatly appreciated.

I'd normally write this up a a bit more eloquently, but my train is
arriving. Sorry for typos, etc.!!

Bill Lifford, CP