BSSH Home Search Search Top Result About BSSH Who are the British Society for Surgery of the Hand? The aims of the BSSH are to promote and direct the development of Hand Surgery, to foster and co-ordinate education, study and research in Hand Surgery, and to disseminate... Read more Pages (46) News (15) Event (14) Conditions (0) About BSSH Who are the British Society for Surgery of the Hand? The aims of the BSSH are to promote and direct the development of Hand Surgery, to foster and co-ordinate education, study and research in Hand Surgery, and to disseminate knowledge... Read more Specialist Society Status Specialist Society Status The British Society for Surgery of the Hand includes over 800 plastic, orthopaedic and hand surgeons, trainees and health professionals who provide care for the injured and disordered hand. A "Hand Club" has... Read more Guidelines Guidelines & Resources The Society's guidelines are undergoing a major revision and will be published when finished. Below are links to some guidelines published by the BSSH. WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anaesthesia with No... Read more Mentors BSSH Mentors Alex Kocheta Northeast & Yorkshire City/Town of practice: Rotheram Pronouns: He/Him Alex's bio Having been brought up on the Essex / Hertfordshire border, I attended King’s College... Read more Research Pump Priming LIgatioN vs Surgical Coming soon Project title: Ligation Versus Surgical Excision in Ulnar Polydactyly (LINE UP) Grant Holder: Abhilash Jain Position: Senior investigator, Surgical Interventions Trials Unit,... Read more Benefits of Membership Benefits of BSSH Membership Membership of the largest professional body of Hand Surgeons in the UK, with opportunities for dialogue, networking and support Free access to the European and American Journals of Hand Surgery View the... Read more Communications Committee Communications Committee Committee Terms of Reference Who We Are The Communications Committee acts as a mouthpiece for our Society to engage directly with members, the public, patients and practitioners about the work of... Read more Links to Key Global Surgery Organisations Links to Key Global Surgery Organisations We are collating a list of key and useful links that may be of interest to you: BFIRST – A UK registered charity which trains surgeons working in low and middle income countries in... Read more BSSH in the News 2023 May Surgery International - New specialist hand unit opens in Malawi April Swansea Bay University Health Board - Hand surgeons applaud Swansea venue March Peterborough Telegraph - Peterborough City Hospital... Read more NEON Study The NEON study: digital NErve, suture Or Not? NEON is a randomised controlled trial funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA), led by Professor Abhilash Jain, and coordinated from the Surgical... Read more First12345Last David Evans, Obituary It is with immense sadness that we wish to announce that David Evans passed away on 7th March 2025 after a long and debilitating illness. David was a giant of our profession; many who will read this will have been trained by him directly or... Read more From the Archives The BSSH has a wealth of material stored at the BSSH offices at the Royal College of Surgeons including many items of interest from the early days of the society. We are committed to making them visible to the wider membership and... Read more JHS(E) on Twitter The Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) is now on Twitter! The Twitter handle is JHSEur Read more Join us - our new online membership application system is open We are pleased to announce that we have launched a new online membership application form, which replaces the paper forms previously in circulation. If you are not already a member of BSSH, but would like to contribute to the growth, direction... Read more Report: Scoping visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 2023 Report: Scoping visit to Addis Ababa - setting up a microsurgery training programme 5-10th Nov 2023 Rebecca Shirley, James Chan, Rinah Bheekharry Background Metasabia ‘Meti’ Mworku Abebe visited Stoke Mandeville Hospital as... Read more First12Last BSSH Members Virtual Strategy Session After gaining extremely useful feedback and ideas from those that attended the face to face BSSH Strategy Day in November 2023, we would now like to extend the opportunity to members who could not attend in person and want to... Read more BSSH SECMA Mallorca Hand 2025 It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the Joint Congress of the Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand (SECMA) and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), an unprecedented event taking place from 23rd... Read more FESSH 2024 Congress FESSH 2024 Congress 26-29 June 2024, Rotterdam We are very pleased to invite you to attend the 2024 FESSH meeting in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The program includes multiple parallel sessions to offer as much educational content as... Read more Hand in Hand with UKRAINE FESSH and BSSH are happy to invite you to the next event of the Hand in Hand with Ukraine webinar series on related topics to war injuries. Title: Phalangeal Fractures – an Overview Presenters: David Shewring (UK) & Jonathan Hobby... Read more First12Last No conditions found matching your search Print this page