A House of Commons debate on the contribution of AHPs will take place on Thursday 23rd April 2026. The CODP has been liaising with MPs to ensure that the contributions of Operating Department Practitioners is noted. Details of the debate can be accessed at: whatson.parliament.uk/commons/2026...

📢 Step into Health are hosting a webinar in collaboration with the ODP SURGE Team where members of the Armed Forces community can discover more about a career in Operating Department Practice. For further information please visit: www.militarystepintohealth.nhs.uk/odp-webinar/

See you there!

Wishing everyone a very Happy and Blessed Easter🐣🐣🐣

📢 Something exciting is on the horizon 👀 We’ve got something exciting coming up in collaboration with CPDme More details coming soon, stay tuned.

📢 The Health and Care Professions Council and the General Osteopathic Council have collaborated to produce a Shared Update for registrants working at or towards advanced levels of practice. Full details can be found at: www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/me...

CODP.org.uk ensuring the interests of our profession #ODPs are front and centre

#ODPs voice and priorities heard at the APPG for Allied Health Professions. Thank you to the chair @soniakumarmp.bsky.social for giving our professions' a voice in Parliament. CODP.org.uk looking forward to taking forward our collective contribution to patient care and safety.

College member @cateccles.bsky.social Supporting our professional body in the most practical of ways.

Come on #ODPs, get nominating

The College of ODPs has received a number of concerning reports about the misuse of Aprokam. All #ODPs working in ophthalmology should read the latest guidance from their professional body. codp.org.uk/file/699c70f...

📢 The CODP welcomes the recognition made by the Department of Health and Social Care that professionally qualified staff employed within the National Health Service are under-banded for the responsibilities and roles that they hold (1/4)

The college has announced the theme for #ODPDay 2026 - the time of year we tell people about the best AHP profession they've never heard of! odpcareers.codp.uk

#ODPs - Missing communication from codp.org.uk? 1st check your spam filter - then log into codp.org.uk ensure your email address is correct – click on the pen icon to update it. Then, settings page, emails, email settings check you're subscribed to receive emails

#ODPs DO NOT IGNORE THIS MESSAGE Members of codp.org.uk should have received an email and link to a workforce census by College. I cannot overstate the importance of this excercise for a challenge facing our profession. Please complete urgently and share widely!

#ODPDay2026 codp.org.uk announced the theme for this year People, Planet, Progress. Reflecting what matters most to us as a Profession: People we care for and work alongside; Responsibility we share for a sustainable future; Progress we are determined to make together

Loving my Far Side desk calendar 😂

📢 Not too late to register for this evenings first CODP Learners Community webinar👇 ⌚️ 7:00pm - 8:00pm This initial webinar 'The Roles of the CODP and HCPC - Your Professional Identity' is open to all ODP Learners however subsequent webinars will be restricted to CODP Learner members only (1/2)

Members of the CODP should keep an eye on their mailbox for an email update from your professional body on important developments in Parliament for #ODPs codp.org.uk

Paul, @avmachiefexec.bsky.social listen to patients - patient concerns should be seen as crucial safety intelligence, not merely an anxiety to be managed. When it goes wrong, patient first AvMA - Harmed patient pathway share.google/8cQm3bcSDSkw... codp.org.uk

#APPGPatientSafety Interesting discussion about culture and Board's response to patient harm. A key part of the talks I give to student #ODPs. Those that's 1st response is reputation management have no reputation worth managing @AvMAuk codo.org.uk

#APPGPatientSafety @avmachiefexec.bsky.social @collegeodp.bsky.social codp.org.uk

Another day, another session promoting our brilliant profession #ODP On my way to parliament for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Patient Safety seminar. ODPs underpin safe care in so many environments. Support our work by joining or renewing your membership CODP.org.uk

Great session this morning with the 3rd year Student ODPs @university of West London. ODP Advocacy, patient safety, career choices. codp.org.uk

Approaching 1st anniversary of the independent professional body for #ODPs, watch for the College email reminder to renew. Check your spam folders to ensure that [email protected] is allowed. Do not miss this and other important updates through the year. codp.org.uk

Where are my anaesthesia/ICM/PHEM peeps? 700 accounts to follow below #Medsky #Ansky #Anaesthesia #Anaesthetist #ICM #ICU #Intensivist #Anaesthesiologist #PHEM #HEMS Pack 1 go.bsky.app/4N4D7MW Pack 2 go.bsky.app/QEgekcF Pack 3 go.bsky.app/CaeuLtL Pack 4 go.bsky.app/7gHUdmc PHEM go.bsky.app/NWQRhE1

Wishing all #ODPs and our colleagues in providing healthcare a Happy New Year. 2026 the year to support the College's Advocacy project and celebrate #WeAreODPs codp.org.uk

I've really missed the Far Side calendars, so greatly looking forward to a year of joy courtesy of Gary Larson. Happy New Year

After careful consideration, we have decided to focus our #AHP social media presence on LinkedIn From 1 January 2026, I will no longer post to or monitor this account This change allows us to better serve our professional audience Join us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/office-of...

Give the #ODP in your life the gift that keeps on giving - membership of their professional body and a voice in their future. #WeAreODPs codp.org.uk

I serve the cause of humanity - what better motto for our profession at this time of year. Merry Christmas to those #ODPs who celebrate, wishing a happy and prosperous New Year to all. #WeAreODPs codp.org.uk

#WeAreODPs visibility campaign. Why ODP and not (Registered) RODP? Because unless you are registered with the HCPC you cannot call yourself an ODP. Join and support your professional body codp.org.uk

#ODPs Members of codp.org.uk check your in-box for the latest College newsletter. Info on Conference, #WeAreODPs campaign, NCEPOD, ODP Workforce Reform, HCPC changes to overseas processes and much more. Join and support your Professional Body

NCEPOD has today published a report on emergency surgery for children and young people. Highlighting significant deficiencies as well as examples of good practice. CODP was pleased to contribute, the report should be read by all ODPs involved in CYP emergency surgery www.ncepod.org.uk/2025eps.html

codp.org.uk pushing for this for some time

📢 CODP Members - For all who are joining the Advocacy Community Group Meeting on Monday 10th November 2025, please see Agenda below. It’s not too late to join the CODP and shape the future.

#ODPs, started your application to join your professional body but not finalised it yet? Payday weekend is a great time to go back to it. A full member pay only £30 up front, second payment 6 months later. codp.org.uk Members get important info not sent to all.

Important information from our professional body codp.org.uk

📢 Operating Department Practitioners - Last chance to responded to the national consultation to enable ODPs to supply and administer medicines using Patient Group Directions? Consultation closes at 11:59pm 28th October 2025. To respond to the consultation, please visit: www.gov.uk/government/c...

On this #WorldAnaesthesiaDay, time to ask which came first -Anaesthesia or the ODP🤔 #ODPs have always been perioperative practitioners! codp.org.uk/file/679b650...

#CODPTheVoiceOfTheODP Culmination of 10 years of your Professional Body working to give you the tools to support your care.

📢 Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Awards 2025 Huge congratulations to Krystal Mpofu, Operating Department Practitioner at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Winner of the AHP Creative Provision of Placements Award 2025.

📢 New on the CODP Website - Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship in Theatres. codp.org.uk/newsfeed?ite...

Huge thanks to The Rt Hon. the Lord Bradley and Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Mark Cannan - Meeting to discuss extending independent prescribing responsibilities to Operating Department Practitioners.

codp.org.uk and patient safety talk to the new #ODP Students @angliaruskinuni.bsky.social yesterday. Patient stories from personal experience illustrating the key role of our profession in Safety. Our professional body, supporting development of our future profession

codp.org.uk Karen Amber and I ensuring the #ODP voice, professional needs and, crucially, contribution to delivering healthcare now and into the future is heard. #CODPTheVoiceOfTheODP #WeAHPs

I've been reading more from an orginal source book for the history of the CODP and the ODP Profession, used by Dr Pope in the 1960s codp.org.uk/file/679b650...