Purpose
The British Society for Skin Care In Immunosuppressed Individuals (BSSCII) aims to promote improved patient management and medical and scientific research that is relevant for skin diseases in immunosuppressed individuals including organ transplant recipients, those on long-term immunosuppressive medications, haematological conditions and HIV infection.
Membership
Membership is open to all medically and scientifically qualified individuals with an interest in skin disease in immunosuppressed individuals, upon application to, and approval by, the Society and Committee.
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Ordinary Membership is available to any Consultant on the Specialist Register of the GMC and any Associate Specialist in Dermatology, or a Nurse Practitioner with appropriate training in Dermatology, or Transplant Medicine, or HIV-associated medicine.
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Trainee Membership is available to any Trainee Dermatologist holding a National Training Number.
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Associate Membership is available to interested Medical Practitioners whose work is related to the Skin Care Inimmunosuppressed Individuals. Associate members must submit a CV and be proposed by two Ordinary Members from personal knowledge.
Subscriptions
Members, trainee members and associate members shall pay an annual subscription, due on 1st February of £20.00. Any increase will first be ratified at an AGM.
Meetings
The society has an annual scientific meeting at the BAD conference and all BSSCII members will be kept informed of the session, and are encouraged to submit studies.
BSSCII Board July 2018
Executive Officers
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President |
Tanya Basu |
Hon Secretary |
Helen Ramsay |
Hon Treasurer |
Conal Perrett |
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Board Members
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Charlotte Proby |
Past President; solid organ transplant recipients (OTR) |
Catherine Harwood |
Research, OTR |
Mary Wain |
OTR and haemato-oncology |
Ferina Ismail |
OTR & website |
Abha Gulati |
Education |
Fiona Child |
Haemato-oncology |
Alan Milligan |
Nurse Specialist & website |
Liza Mitchell |
Nurse Specialist |
Alex Chilvers |
Marketing; IT Governance |
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Associate Board Member
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Chris Dudley |
Transplant medicine |
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Patient Representative
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Professor Roger Greenhalgh
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BSSCII Information Governance Subgroup
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Alex Chilvers |
Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) |
Conal Perret |
Caldicott Guardian |
Peter Case-Upton |
IT Advisor to the Board |
Tanya Basu |
Chair of BSSCII |
Aims
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Advice on how to set up a specialist clinic (or pathway) for immunosuppressed persons with skin disease.
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Standard datasets for (1) organ transplant recipients; (2) HIV+ persons (3) those with Haematological Diseases
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Patient Information Passports (PIPs) relevant to this Society.
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Clinical Research opportunities for members
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Scientific Research opportunities for members
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Annual Scientific meeting
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To develop a Clinical discussion forum for difficult cases
Contact
We are actively recruiting members. We welcome all with an interest in the care of skin disease in immunosuppressed individuals. If you are interested in joining this society, or have any questions, please click on the link below and fill out the contact form, we will be in touch as soon as possible. Please note that we will not be able to respond to enquiries from individuals about their skin complaints.
http://www.bsscii.org.uk/contact-us/
To join the BSSCII please click here.