Purpose of the Professional Practice Committee (PPC)
The PPC supports both surgeon and patient needs. To do this it covers:
Professional Standards of Patient Care – objectives:
- Create a structure for Blue Books that:
- Highlights gaps in coverage that need to be filled
- Clearly shows when guidance needs to be reviewed/updated
- Create a similar structure for BOASTs
- Develop a framework of standards with other members of the broader musculo-skeletal clinical and allied health professional multi-disciplinary team:
- Building on the ACPA national transferable role documentation
- Focusing in particular on extended scope practitioners (physiotherapists, podiatrists and orthopaedic nurses)
- Professional Behaviours – objectives:
- Review existing GMC, BMA, AAOS and ABHI guidance covering:
- Consider the need to fill any gaps in this coverage
- Publish the Code of Ethics for Interaction with Industry
- Employment, Trusts and Private Practice:
- Review existing (Blue Book) guidance
- Compile a list of issues where BOA positions would be important to support the membership
- Develop the BOA’s shopping list for the BMA and FIPO
Terms of Reference
Purpose
Developing and sustaining excellence in professional practice is a core objective of the BOA’s overall strategy. The PPC is charged by the BOA Council with maintaining a clear focus on all aspects of professional practice, including essential linkages with Association’s other core objectives related to training, education and research.
Responsibilities
On behalf of Council the PPC owns the BOA practice strategy and maintains a focus on professional standards in:
Good Practice Guidance – by endorsing, regularly reviewing and where necessary commissioning Blue Book guides to good practice and BOASTs.
Code of Ethics – covering all aspects of T&O surgeons’ professional behaviours – including the important interaction with industry.
NHS practice – by maintaining awareness of all relevant issues including:
The DH healthcare change programme, HRG tariffs and Payment by Results, PROMS, and the Enhanced Recovery Programme.
NICE guidance and the Quality/Outcomes Framework.
MHRA guidance on devices and implants.
HQIP on the NJR and NHFD.
MEE (in conjunction where necessary with the Education Board) to promote education in multi-disciplinary team working.
BODS for NHS liaison and related hot topics.
The BMA on issues of mutual interest.
Private practice – by maintaining a focus on issues through engagement with FIPO and the BMA.
Workforce Planning – by maintaining oversight of the principles applied to planning of the T&O Consultant workforce.
Chair
- In the interests of essential continuity the Chair is an elected Officer of the Association, normally in the Presidential line, and is selected by the President in consultation with the Executive Group.
- For that reason the tenure of the appointment is usually two years (prior to assuming the Presidency).
- Supported by the CEO, the Chair spearheads the Practice Strategy.
Membership
- There are up to eight members in addition to the Chair; the CEO is in attendance.
- The following two constituencies have ex officio representation:
- BODS – as nominated by the BODS Chair.
- BMA CCSC T&O Sub Committee.
- The remaining six members are appointed through an open application process, or by presidential nomination of elected Council members. This ensures an appropriately representative cross section and democratic transparency.
- The tenure of the appointment is two years, with appointments staggered in the interests of continuity.
- The open application process is held:
- Using a brief person specification.
- With an advertisement placed in BON and a Presidential e-mail.
Meetings
- Meetings are held quarterly with secretarial support provided by the BOA.
- The venue will be determined by the Chair, with maximum sensible use made of telephone conferencing.
Members
|
Martyn Porter (Chairman) - Wrightington |
| Ian McNab - (BMA - Ex officio) - Oxford |
| Martin Wetherill - (BODS - Ex officio - Milton Keynes |
| Steve Krikler - (Trauma - Ex officio) Coventry |
| Sunil Dhar - (Elected member) - Nottingham |
| John Timperley - (Council rep) - Exeter |
| Mike Kimmons - CEO |
Upcoming Meetings
2012 Dates to be announced.
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