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Joint Action update
Appeal to Members Public donations and legacies form a core part of our research income but contributions from BOA members also have a significant impact on the funds available to support our work. Resetting donation preferences following GDPR has significantly reduced our regular member donations and we would be delighted if members would commit to renewing their contribution to this vital fund.
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he BOA aims to promote and help sustain high quality research in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Our work to support and grow the T&O research infrastructure and develop future researchers is only possible through the generosity of the public and BOA members. We are truly grateful to all those who have fundraised for and donated to Joint Action. Donating to Joint Action actively supports: • The newly expanded programme of infrastructure funding for Clinical Trials Units, with two new centres in the University of Exeter and University of Nottingham. • Three Surgical Speciality Leads (SSLs) who play a key role in advancing the agenda for T&O clinical trials. • James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships (PSP), a key collaboration area with our Specialist Societies. We are pleased to report that trainee engagement with research has never been higher, with several trainee delivered research projects being completed in 2020. T&O trainees are also very well represented in the new National Institute for Health Research Associate Principal Investigator scheme. We are proactively looking at our portfolio of research work to ensure that it remains current and relevant and supports our members to drive innovation.
Donating to Joint Action is easily done either as part of your membership renewal or through our website at www. boa.ac.uk/donate. Or visit us at the BOA stand at Congress. We would be delighted to see you after all this time!
London Marathon The Virgin Money London Marathon will be held on 03 October 2021. We’d like to wish the best of luck to our runners: Imran Ahmed, Zaid Ali, Tim Davies, Robert Jordan, Lee Longstaff and Richard Secular who are all raising funds for Joint Action. You can support our runners by donating to Joint Action at www.virginmoneygiving.com/fund/JAlondonmarathon. n
Conference listing 2021/22: BSSH (British Society for Surgery of the Hand)
BOFAS (British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society)
BORS (British Orthopaedic Research Society)
BSCOS (British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery)
www.borsc.org.uk 13-14 September 2021, Virtual
www.bscos.org.uk 10-11 March 2022, Maidstone
BOA (British Orthopaedic Association)
BASS (British Association of Spine Surgeons)
www.bssh.ac.uk 8-10 September 2021, Oxford
www.boa.ac.uk 21-24 September 2021, Aberdeen
BOOS (British Orthopaedic Oncology Society) www.boos.org.uk 8 October 2021, Bristol
BTS (British Trauma Society)
www.bts-org.co.uk 24-25 November 2021, Virtual
BSS (British Scoliosis Society)
www.britscoliosissoc.org.uk November 2021, Edinburgh
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www.bofas.org.uk 9-11 March 2022, Bournemouth
www.spinesurgeons.ac.uk 23-25 March 2022, Belfast
SBPR (Society for Back Pain Research) www.sbpr.info 12-13 May 2022, Warwick
CAOS (The International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery) www.caos-international.org 8-11 June 2022, Brest
OTS (Orthopaedic Trauma Society)
www.orthopaedictrauma.org.uk 16-17 June 2022
