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Baht/Bssh joint 2013 conference - open for abstract submission

Please see the BSSH website to submit an abstract for our 2013 conference, to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons on 17th/18th October.  For up-to-date conference details see here. 

nationwide clinical trials in hand therapy

See News section for more information

Next AHPRN london hub seminar:

Jeremy Howick, wednesday 29th may - see here for details

RDS London Research Design Clinic

27th June - see here for booking information

Derby Advanced Hand Therapy Course - 27th & 28th June 2013

See here for more information or download flyer

RCT course Keele - download flyer

IFSHT meeting - summary of minutes

Clinical commissioning groups & hand therapy

For information on BAHT's involvement in developing hand therapy guidelines see here

the Professional awards committee

Would like to invite nominations for a range of national awards, fellowships & more - see here

COT update on recognition for occupational therapists in private practice

See the letter from the COT

Website review - Your ideas please!

We are planning to review & improve the website this year and would value your input!  Please send ideas/ comments to Katy via the contact page



BAHT Awards

The Natalie Barr Award

The Natalie Barr Award is a long term achievement award to recognise a BAHT member who has made a substantial contribution to hand therapy. This award has only been given six times in BAHT’s history which indicates the significance of the award and the high standard required to achieve this. Nominations can be made by any BAHT member with a proposer and seconder and confirmed by the Executive Committee. Click on Natalie Barr Award Criteria to review the essential and desirable criteria which the nominee should meet and which the proposer should evidence in the application form.

Previous winners:

  • Maureen Salter
  • Annette Leveridge
  • Victoria Frampton
  • Kate Beresford
  • Linda Gwilliam
  • Dr Christina Jerosch-Herold

Click here to download nomination form for the Natalie Barr Award

The Hand Therapist of the Year Award

This award can be made annually. Nominations can be made by any BAHT member with a proposer and seconder and confirmed by the Executive Committee.

The recipient must be a BAHT member and is deemed to have made a contribution to hand therapy during the year of the award beyond that which would be expected in the course of normal working practice.  This may include charitable work.

Previous winners:

  • Meryl Glover
  • Sarah Mee

Click here to download nomination form for the HTOTY Award

Accredited Hand Therapist (AHT) Award 

These awards recognise that an individual therapist has achieved a standard of education within hand therapy. Therapists can gain points towards accreditation by attending BAHT courses and passing the course exams and coursework, by relevant evaluated prior learning or by completing Hand Therapy MSc modules.  See the education section for further details on how to work towards accreditation. 

BAHT is very proud of this award and has strived towards increased recognition of this award and over more recent years therapists from around the World have attended BAHT courses as their reputation has spread.