Committees

BSPAR Comprises the following:

Executive Committee

Convenor, Treasurer, Secretary, and representation from members of BSPAR, therapists, nurses and and trainees in paediatric rheumatology. All Executive Committee appointments are elected. The Executive has links with other professional bodies including the British Society of Rheumatology, the Royal College Paediatrics and Child Health and the MRCN/arc Paediatric Rheumatology CSG. The Executive Committee meets 4 times per year and documents relating to each meeting are available from the secretary Dr Kathy Bailey.

Current Membership of the Executive.pdf

Representative / Working groups

These cover important aspects of paediatric rheumatology in the UK and currently include:

Clinical Affairs

25 January 2012 Meeting Agenda: BSPAR Clinical Affairs Committee Meeting - 25 January 2012.doc

Nurses

Therapists

Research

A new position on the JDRG steering committee has become available. For more details please read JDRG Letter to BSPAR.pd

Each group has a Chair person who is elected and is a member of the Executive.

All members of BSPAR are eligible to join any of these working groups and you can access more sub-committees and are encouraged to do so. More information about each sub-committee is available on the members only site.