BFIRST have secured 5 places to run in the 2020 London ASICS 10k taking place on Sunday 5th July 2020. Get in touch before Friday 29th November to be in with a chance of getting a place! You can donate…
After being inspired by this year's BFIRST Overseas day, Keele Surgical Society have decided to support BFIRST as their main charity for 2019/20. We are extremely grateful for this generous move by the society!
The 3rd Overseas Day Symposium was held on Friday 13th September 2019 at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in conjunction with the British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgery & Training. The topic of the day was Effective Teaching…
As featured in our last newsletter, the Scotland and Northern Ireland branch of the Malaysian Medics International (MMI) society organised a fundraising open mic night on 09 March this year to raise funds for BFIRST. We were honoured not just…
Chris Hill - BFIRST Affiliate I am a consultant plastic surgeon in Belfast with a special interest in cleft lip and palate. For the last seven years I have supported a BFIRST affiliated project in Gujrat, Pakistan. This link was…
A final huge THANK YOU to all who donated so generously in support of BFIRST in this year's London Marathon. Our lovely volunteer George completed the iconic London route in a very impressive 3:08:19 to raise money for the education and training…
The BAPRAS Summer Scientific Meeting will be taking place in Bournemouth this year, a good 100 miles from Oxford where BFIRST committee member Sarah Tucker is based - a nice round figure. For some reason this made her consider "doing…
Guest blog by Consultant Hand & Plastic Surgeon, James Bedford “Innovation” has become one of the buzzwords of twenty-first century surgical practice, as we seek to improve our practice by deploying emerging technologies, finding creative uses for existing tools, and…
Following the success of last year's meeting, BFIRST have once again teamed up with the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) to organise the 3rd Overseas Day Symposium. This event will take place on 13 September 2019…
Dear BFIRST Trainees Members After another successful BFIRST Ball and Winter BAPRAS 2018, we are excited to see so much enthusiasm from trainees for the cause of BFIRST. Just a reminder that we are expanding the BFIRST Trainees Executive Committee…