NIHR Accreditation, AMRC Membership, Patient Education, Counting on searching

NIHR Partnership Accreditation
The BOA, through the efforts of its internal fundraising function, Joint Action, has been awarded NIHR Partnership Organisation status.

Association of Medical Research Charities approves Grant funding processes
The AMRC has vetted and approved Joint Action's grant management systems and has accepted the BOA to join its exclusive membership.

Joint Action wants to Help Improve Patient Education
Joint Action has launched an initiative with Medical Models Limited targeted to raise in excess of £100,000 for Orthopaedic Research whilst enhancing the cause of improved patient education for hip and knee implant procedures.

And finally…every click you make, we’ll be counting on you…
Joint Action, has now launched its own income-generating search engine.

Full details of all our latest fundraising developments can be seen on Joint Action News.

WHO Patient Safety - Safe Surgery Saves Lives

See the safety checklist provided by the WHO Here.

Major Trauma Care in England

Pdf files of the "Summary & Recommendations" and of the full report are available from the National Audit Office website.

Orthopaedic Help for Haiti - UPDATE - MERLIN APPEAL

Merlin are urgently seeking an orthopaedic surgeon mainly for limb reconstruction to join their team going to Haiti 26th February to 12th March. Please contact MerlinHelp@boa.ac.uk if you can help. Or phone Mr Rannan-Eliya on 0191 282 4656 or 0191 282 9861. Mr Rannan-Eliya is a consultant hand and reconstructive surgeon based at RVI, (Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit) Newcastle. Please note that BOA/ BAPRAS/ MERLIN are looking for ongoing assistance after 26th February so please contact Mr Rannan-Eliya if you are interested in going out at a later date.

Please also note that Brian Kennedy's Haiti Appeal which had appeared on the BOA website has now been called off.

Chris Lavy, BOA Fellow and Chairman of CURE International UK, is appealing for funds for their surgical teams and facilities in Haiti. See his letter below for further details.

Also see the appeal for orthopaedic help for Haiti, from the Chairman of the Bone and Joint Decade whose letter is reproduced below.


Chris Colton, Past President of the BOA, has warned of the difficulties in achieving help in Haiti. See attached article and yet another account here.

Services for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Report from the Public Accounts Committee

The Commons Public Accounts Committee has found no improvement since 2003 in the time taken to diagnose and treat this condition which affects 580,000 people in England.

The Conclusions and Recommendations of the PAC Report are available here

Junior BOTA Membership

Following the BOA Council Meeting on 23/2/2010, the BOA Council has now agreed that all qualified doctors at FY1 and above may now apply for Junior Membership of BOTA. This will be administered by the BOA and will entitle these members access to the BOTA website, the BOTA Yearbook, access to the BOA Instructional and BOTA Educational courses as well as other benefits/opportunities that present themselves via BOTA. There will be an invited Junior BOTA Members' representative at each committee meeting to represent the views and concerns of these members.

The cost of membership will be £30 per annum.

Please contact the Speciality Societies secretary at the BOA, Hazel Choules, for further details and membership application at BOTAjunior@boa.ac.uk