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British Thoracic Society
AbbreviationBTS
Formation1982
Legal statusRegistered charity and limited company
PurposeThoracic medicine (pulmonology) in the UK
Location
Region served
UK
Membership
Respiratory medical professionals in the UK
Chief Executive
Sally Welham
WebsiteBTS

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) was formed in 1982 by the amalgamation of the British Thoracic Association and the Thoracic Society.[1] It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.[2]

Function

The Society's main charitable objective is to improve the care of people with respiratory disorders, which it aims to achieve by:

Structure

BTS is a membership organisation, with over 4,000 members from the respiratory health sector (as of December 2022). These include doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, speech and language therapists, scientists and other professionals with an interest in respiratory disease.[3]

The Society also works in partnership with a range of organisations to achieve its objectives. These partners include other respiratory health professional groups, organisations representing patients and carers, medical and surgical Royal Colleges and other specialist societies.

Meetings and Short Course Programmes

BTS holds two annual conferences; the Summer Meeting in the last week of June and the Winter Meeting which takes place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London at the end of November. These Meetings bring together medical professionals with an interest in respiratory medicine.

The Summer Meeting has a main focus on education and training, with clinical updates and the opportunity for a multi-disciplinary audience to discuss key issues and share good practice.

The BTS Winter Meeting attracts over 2000 delegates each year and is the UK's primary respiratory scientific meeting, with the emphasis on presenting updates on current respiratory research and symposia from leading researchers from all over the world. Young Investigators and Medical Students are encouraged to put forward abstracts and prizes are awarded in each category.

There is also a wide-ranging programme of short courses, many of which are now available to complete online.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Thoracic Society:a retrospect" (PDF). Thorax. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ^ Status Archived April 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Membership Archived April 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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