Welcome to the Winter 2022 CODP Newsletter. In this newsletter we have:
- Have your say on the future of CODP
- Vote Yes for the NHS – Pay Ballot
- Assistance to the Anaesthetist and Anaesthesia Associate
- Operating Department Practitioner Policy Group
- CODP joins the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR)
- Research Project – Exploration of attitudes towards research: Operating Department Practitioners and Theatre Nurses perspectives
- Difficult Airway Society (DAS) Guidelines Update
Centre for Perioperative Care Anaemia Guideline
Our Future, Your Say – Consultation
The College of Operating Department Practitioners is consulting on its future and we want your views.
Since 2006, the College has been a part of UNISON. While being part of a large, established organisation has enabled several successes for the College, there have also been some limitations. For example, the ability to respond in an agile manner to external funding opportunities. Furthermore, some ODPs have expressed a desire for an independent College with its own governance arrangements to operate a separate membership which is no longer contingent on trade union membership.
A CODP ‘Strategy 2028’ has been developed to set out the vision for the College over the next 5 years. It sets out the intention to find a way to transition to an independent organisation. A consultation with ODPs will help the College examine the feasibility of various options.
We want to choose the option that is right for ODPs now, and for the future.
Pay Ballot – Vote Yes for the NHS
UNISON’s industrial action ballot in the NHS in England opens on 27 October and closes on 25 November. The College encourages all ODPs who are members of UNISON or any other union to use their ballot vote. The government has put in place the most restrictive trade union laws meaning every vote counts. If large numbers of NHS staff vote to take action this can use this as evidence for why employers/government should talk to unions now so that action can be averted.
You can find out more about the ballot and UNISON’s pay campaign on by visiting our dedicated website.
Visit our NHS Pay Campaign website
In addition, the HCPC have set out their position that ODPs, like other HCPC registered professions, have the right to take part in lawful industrial action.
We’re calling on all ODPs to return their ballot papers and Vote Yes for the NHS.
Assistance to the Anaesthetist and Anaesthesia Associate
The College receives a number of enquiries regarding assistance to the Anaesthetist. For clarification, we have produced a CODP Position Statement.
CODP joins the Council for Allied Health Professions Research
The College is delighted to announce that it has become a member of the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR).
The Council’s mission is to develop Allied Health Professions research and enable the professions to speak with one voice on research issues, thereby raising each professions profile and increase their influence.
Research Project – Exploration of attitudes towards research: Operating Department Practitioners and Theatre Nurses perspectives
This research project is part of the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Incubator Working Group, exploring the attitudes towards research by Operating Department Practitioners and Theatre Nurses.
Please complete the survey, it should take approx. 15 minutes to complete and will be open until mid-December.
Difficult Airway Society (DAS) Guidelines Update
The Difficult Airway Society are updating the DAS 2015 unanticipated difficult intubation guidelines and are seeking feedback.
Centre for Perioperative Care Anaemia Guideline
The Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) has published a Guideline for the Management of Anaemia in the Perioperative Pathway.