British Thoracic Society
| Abbreviation | BTS |
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| Motto | Working for healthier lungs |
| Formation | 1982 |
| Legal status | Registered charity and limited company |
| Purpose | Thoracic medicine (pulmonology) in the UK |
| Location |
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Region served
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UK |
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Membership
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Respiratory medical professionals (doctors and nurses) in the UK |
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Chief Executive
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Sheila Edwards |
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Main organ
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BTS Executive Committee (Chairman - Prof Mike Morgan) |
| Website | BTS |
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) was formed in 1982 by the amalgamation of the British Thoracic Association and the Thoracic Society. It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
The Society’s main charitable objective is to improve the care of people with respiratory and associated disorders, which it aims to achieve by:
BTS is a membership organization, with nearly 3000 members from the respiratory health sector. These include doctors, nurses, respiratory physiotherapists, scientists and other professionals with an interest in respiratory disease.
It is situated a few hundred metres east of Great Ormond Street Hospital, off Gray's Inn Road.
The Society also works in partnership with a range of organisations to achieve its objectives. These partners include other respiratory health professional groups, organisations representing patients and carers, medical and surgical Royal Colleges and other specialist societies.
BTS currently has eight members of staff and a number of other associates who deal with the day-to-day running of the Society, including a Chief Executive and a Deputy Chief Executive.
BTS is managed by its Trustees, who are the officers and members of the Executive Committee. The President and President-elect are elected annually by the membership. The other officers serve for three years and nominations for these posts are sought from the membership.
BTS has five established Standing Committees, the chairs of which each sit on the Executive Committee. These Committees are:
In addition, the BTS has newly created a Public Liaison Committee to help the Society to place citizens and those with respiratory disease at the centre of their work. The Chair of this Committee will be a Trustee of the Society.
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