BAPS President Elect 2013
Following a postal vote of Council Members the new President Elect (who will be validated at the Summer Council Meeting) is Mr David Burge from Southampton.
News: Announcements
New grant for travel for paediatric surgeons in training
Due to the generosity of Mr Hugh Greenwood, we are able to offer another Surgical Travel Fellowship.
The Tanzanian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (TAPS)
Kokila Lakhoo has just returned from Tanzania where the Tanzanian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (TAPS) has just been created.
ACCEA – Clinical Excellence Awards Scheme 2013 (England & Wales)
The coalition government have now identified some recommended changes as a consequence of a review of the current system. However, the changes are yet to be implemented so once again for 2013 we are complying with an interim system which may, or may not, take place later this year.
Big move for Professor Agostino Pierro
Professor Agostino Pierro, currently Nuffield Professor of Paediatric Surgery at Great Ormond Street, will be moving to a new position as Head of General and Thoracic Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children of Toronto, Canada
Using social media and talking to the media
At the Winter meeting in November 2012, we had a session on interacting with the media, led by the Royal College of Surgeons of England Media department.