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Please consider contributing to this web feature. It provides a great opportunity to share experiences and learning with the membership and can be used to show CPD.
Support Cardiac Physiologist STP Programme
(BHRS member opportunities)
Station Writers and Assessors Needed for the STP OSFAs
The National School of Healthcare Sciences are looking for CRM cardiac physiologists interested in the opportunity to become OSFA station writers and assessors for the STP OSFAs. This is a great opportunity to help develop and support the cardiac physiologist workforce.
Please email Jason Collinson, BHRS council member and lead station writer for the STP CRM OSFAs at
jason.collinson@btuh.nhs.uk for more details.
STP Cardiac Sciences Curriculum Review
The NSHCS are preparing to review the content of all Healthcare Science training programmes and are asking for expressions of interest to help contribute to this piece of work. If you would like to help do this and represent BHRS and CRM interests please email
admin@bhrs.com with your details. There is also a short expression of interest form to fill in which can be found h ere
https://healtheducationyh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/curriculum-review-eoi
New Allied Health Professional (AHP) Council
The British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) have formed a new allied health professional council with representation from the BHRS, BSE, SCST and BCIS. One of the aims of the council is to promote the role of cardiac physiologists/cardiac healthcare scientists within Cardiology.
BHRS Council member Eleri Gregory and BHRS member Parisha Khan will be representing the BHRS interests on the council. The BHRS will keep members updated on progress and would be interested to hear your views and opinions which can be sent to
admin@bhrs.com wi th the subject title BCS AHP council.
Courses, Events and Exam
Radcliffe Cardiology Academy FREE Live Webinar
Simplifying the mapping and ablation of atrial tachycardia: a four step plan
Prof Richard Schilling and Dr Afzal Sohaib
Thursday 7 th March 2019 10.00 EST / 15.00 GMT
BHRS Multicentre Trials Group Spring Meeting
Tuesday 2 nd April 2019
Barts Heart Centre, London 9.30am – 4.00pm
2nd Translational Electrophysiology Symposium
Monday 17 th June 2019
Barts Heart Centre, London 9.00am – 5.30pm
BHRS Exam Summer Revision Day
Saturday 29 th June 2019
Manchester Royal Infirmary
BHRS Exam
HRC, Birmingham
Sunday 6 th October
Heart Rhythm Congress 2019
Birmingham
Sunday 6 th – Wednesday 9 th October
Click here to review the latest Events and Courses
2019 BHRS Council News – Elections
BHRS Council has been actively considering the composition of Council. We have recently expanded the number of physiologist and nurse representatives which is indicative of the huge amount of work being done by these professions on Council and the increasingly important role these groups have in delivering arrhythmia patient care. We also now have formal physician representation from Wales and are actively seeking a representative from Scotland.
We have considered that Council can be perceived as London centred in terms of its composition and also that the physician representatives are almost exclusively involved in ablation work and of male gender. This year will see a large number of council seats become available providing members the opportunity to stand for election including a president elect, 3 doctor, 3 physiologist and 3 nurse specialist positions.
To address th is perception and composition of Council further it has been agreed that at least one of the physician seats will be allocated to a physician from a non-ablating centre. We would also strongly encourage our female physician members to stand for election and hopefully anticipate the membership will support moving towards a more balanced Council.
We plan to start the election process in May/June this year, with more details to follow soon. When being nominated or when voting, members will require their membership number to do so. Please have this to hand or alternatively email
admin@bhrs.com for a reminder.
I encourage members to stand for election to help with developing the BHRS and look forward to seeing a large number of candidates.
Alistair Slade – BHRS Honorary Secretary
LATEST Council Meeting Minutes
Council Meeting Minutes from 12 nd December 2018
Council Meeting Minutes from 7 th February 2018
See what your council discuss and debate on your behalf. We welcome any comments about the minutes and action points which we can then take back to Council. Please send these via email to
admin@BHRS.com