Who are the British Society for Surgery of the Hand?

After the second world war, a number of surgeons perceived that the older specialty of orthopaedics and the younger plastic surgery, pushed into prominence by the requirements of burned airmen, had a great deal to offer when jointly applied to surgery of the hand. In 1952, the “Hand Club” was formed by members of both specialties at a meeting in the Atheneum.  Read more

The aims for which the Society is established are to promote and direct the development of Hand Surgery and to foster and co-ordinate education study and research in Hand Surgery including the dissemination and diffusion of knowledge of Hand Surgery among members of the Society and the Medical Profession by such means as are necessary.  Read more

From 2010 the British Society for Surgery of the Hand has funded a number of visiting teams of Hand surgeons, from Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Anaesthetists, Hand Therapists and Nurses to visit Overses hospitals.  Read more

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand includes over 700 Plastic, Orthopaedic and Hand surgeons, trainees and health professionals who provide care for the injured and disordered hand.

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There are different membership categories.  Read more

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

At the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Read more