Welcome to the British Orthopaedic Association
The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) is the Surgical Specialty Association for Trauma and Orthopaedics in the UK.
We provide national leadership, a unifying focus, and charitable endeavour by:
As a membership organisation we care for patients and support surgeons by focusing on excellence in:
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery is a highly cost effective form of treatment which aims to restore pain free mobility for patients. By restoring mobility, Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery can not only help people stay active for longer, but deliver major economic savings; enabling people to return to work, or live more independently.
Given the growing musculoskeletal disease burden, and the transformative impact surgery can have for the right patients, we believe surgeons, commissioners and colleagues across the NHS should work together to increase surgical capacity.
The Trauma Committee Group have been working with the Orthopaedic Trauma Society (OTS) and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), and have now published a new BOAST on ‘Management of Distal Radial Fractures’. All of our BOASTs are available to download here.
Please donate to Joint Action – the research appeal of the BOA. Your donations could make a massive difference to the future of Trauma and Orthopaedic research. We appreciate your support! Donate here.
The BOA’s Professional Guidance to Implement Getting it Right First Time in England and the BOA’s position statement on outcome data, T&O surgeons and units is available here.
The BOA Congress will take place at the ACC Liverpool with the theme, New Horizons.
Abstract submissions are now open and will close on Wednesday 6th March.
Submissions for Medical Student abstract submissions will open on Thursday 7th March and close on Friday 26th April!
Keep your eye on the Congress website here for further details on the provisional programme and more.
The BOA are pleased to announce the four revised Clinical Commissioning Guidance documents which have been developed through a partnership project between the British Orthopaedic Association and the Royal College of Surgeons (England). The four documents are available to download here.
Established by a Trust Deed in 1938, the BOA Benevolent Fund exists to meet the needs of our members and their families who find themselves in uncertain or distressed circumstances.
Training Orthopaedic Trainers
8th-9th April 2019
Training Orthopaedic Clinical and Educational Supervisors
10th April 2019
Training Orthopaedic Trainers
7th-8th May 2019
BOA Annual Congress
10th-13th September 2019