Have a look at the resources below, along with the attachments at the bottom of the page, to find out more:

• The Careers section on the BAPO website is excellent: https://www.bapo.com/careers/.  It has information on the different careers options within the professions, details of the different training routes available and case studies from people within the professions.  They also have a careers email address: CareersinPandO@BAPO.com

• The NHS Health Careers website is always a really useful source of information: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/allied-health-professionals/roles-allied-health-professions/prosthetistorthotist

You may be interested in the following videos:

• Alex Brooker visiting P+O students:         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKMIzkFRSgc
• Becky’s story (P+O student):                     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk3b2sg
• Alan’s story (Orthotic Technician):           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7KKUWlftMc
• Karrie’s story (Orthotist):                           https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zw8hxbk
• Sam Ryder, “I am a mountain”:                 IAmAMountain I Ottobock x Sam Ryder - YouTube

Apprenticeships can sometimes be available, usually found through specialist companies that provide services to the NHS.  For anyone considering a direct entry route into a degree course, the NHS Learning Support Fund is available to provide a degree of financial support for many healthcare degree qualifications: www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/considering-or-university/financial-support-university.  If you qualify for funding, the minimum payment is usually £6,000 per year for Prosthetics and Orthotics which isn’t means-tested and which wouldn’t need to be repaid.