March 12, 2010  
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SOCIETY OBJECTIVES

Heart failure is a debilitating syndrome with a mortality rate similar to that of some cancers.  In addition, it is often misdiagnosed and under-diagnosed and many heart failure patients, who are often elderly, also suffer with other complicating co-morbidities.

 

In response to the issues that the management of heart failure presents,  the BSH was founded in 1998.  Its aims are as follows:

 

- To increase knowledge and promote research about the diagnosis, causes, management and consequences of heart failure amongst health-care professionals with the intention of delaying or preventing the onset of heart failure and improving care for patients with heart failure.

-  To provide expert advice to health-care professionals, patient or government organisations, including the National Health Service, when appropriate, and as requested.



BSH  CONSTITUTION

The BSH is a registered charity and is affiliated to the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS).


If you would like to find out more about the Company's constitution, please see Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association.



BSH BOARD AND OBSERVERS

A list of the elected BSH Board Members and Observers for the period June 2009– May 2011 may be found in the Board section of this site.  Furthermore, six Observers to the BSH Board have been elected to represent disciplines in heart failure that are not represented on the Board.  The names and disciplines are as follows: 

Dr John Baxter (Sunderland) - representing Care of the Elderly

Dr Derek Connelly (Glasgow) – representing Electrophysiologists

Mrs Bernie Downey (Belfast) - representing Cardiac Rehabilitation

Dr Ahmet Fuat (Darlington) - representing GPSI in cardiology and heart failure

Dr Jim Moore (Cheltenham) - representing GPs with a special interest in heart failure

Professor John Sanderson (Birmingham) - Professor of Clinical Cardiology with special interest in Imaging


 

 

BSH MEMBERSHIP

The BSH has a multi-disciplinary membership with nearly 700 members including cardiologists, GPs, nurses, surgeons, scientists, pharmacists, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals involved with the diagnosis, management or science of heart failure. Please see the Membership section for more details and an application form.


 

FRIENDS OF THE BSH

The Society is grateful for the support of the 'Friends of the BSH':

Biotronik, GE Healthcare, Inverness MedicalMedtronic, PfizerServier, Syner-Med (PP) Ltd and Takeda.

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) AND ACCOUNTS

The 2009 AGM for the BSH, to which all members were invited, took  place on Friday 27 November 2009 at the QE II Conference Centre, Westminster, London. The accounts for the financial year ending 31 May 2009 were presented at this meeting and can be downloaded, along with the Annual report for this period.


 


Annual reports for the BSH for previous years may be found below:
 
Annual Report for period June 2005-May 2006   
Annual Report for period June 2006-May 2007 
Annual Report for period June 2007-May 2008 
 

 

CONTACT US

If you have any queries about the society, membership, how to become a Friend of the BSH or need more information we would be pleased to hear from you.

 

Rose-Marie Wilkinson/Michelle Glanville

BSH Secretariat

‘Nought’ The Farthings

Marcham

Oxfordshire, OX13 6QD

Tel:  01865 391836

 

E-Mail: info@bsh.org.uk

Website: www.bsh.org.uk

 

Registered office: as above

Company number: 3767312

Registered in England and Wales

Registered charity number: 1075720

 

 

     

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