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July 2018

We need to raise awareness of hand specialists to improve patient outcomes

Grey Giddins, BSSH

If more patients with a hand problem see a hand specialist from the outset, we can ensure better patient outcomes, a more streamlined process and savings to vital NHS resources. To help achieve this, we must ensure that patients with a hand problem... Read more

13 Jul 2018

Pioneering BSSH Surgeon receives OBE

OBE awarded to pioneering BSSH surgeon who has transformed the lives of countless children through her many years of dedicated work in hand and upper limb surgery. Ruth Lester originally trained as a plastic surgeon, and her first appointment as... Read more

6 Jul 2018

Hand Surgeons reiterate value of key procedures

BSSH responds to NHS England

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) believes that a proposed move by NHS England to cut patient access to treatment for common hand conditions will be damaging to patients and, over the long term, more costly to the UK... Read more

2 Jul 2018

Hand Disorders

Hand Injuries

Council and Committees

We need to raise awareness of hand specialists to improve patient outcomes

Pioneering BSSH Surgeon receives OBE

Hand Surgeons reiterate value of key procedures