Plastic surgery integral to creating high quality outcomes in emergency surgery care

7^th April 2011

NEW- iphone app for open fractures of the lower limb guidelines

19^th January 2011

Tim Goodacre reveals international ambitions as new BAPRAS President

Tim Goodacre has been announced as the new President of BAPRAS, to start in January, 2011. He takes over the role from Eric Freedlander

7^th January 2011

SAC vacancies

The JCST is looking for practicing NHS Consultants, who are committed to training to make a contribution to plastic surgery

3^rd December 2010

New melanoma guidelines to be debated at winter scientific meeting

This year, at the Winter Scientific Meeting, we will be debating whether the new NICE melanoma guidelines continue to be appropriate, from our standpoint in plastic surgery.

15^th November 2010

New centres sought to host a national oncoplastic fellowship

The JCST Training Interface Group in Breast Surgery is seeking to review and expand the number of centres available to host one of the nine fellows who are appointed annually

10^th November 2010

Update on PIP implants following release of data from French & Australian studies

Further to our earlier advice about PIP breast implants, implanted after January 2001, the results of studies by the French authorities have now been released

6^th October 2010

BAPRAS backs call for better regulation in cosmetic surgery

The Association welcomes ‘On the face of it’, the report from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD), which reviews organisational structures surrounding cosmetic surgery in the UK.

16^th September 2010

PIP breast implants: UK test results published

The MHRA has produced a report on the UK test results for PIP implants

3^rd September 2010

Haiti: 4 months post quake - The Milot Perspective

BAPRAS' Ian Josty reflects on his time in Haiti following the devastating earthquake

4^th August 2010