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…
BFIRST organised its second Fundraising Ball event on the second night of the BAPRAS Winter Scientific Meeting on 29th November 2018, at London’s prestigious De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms. This year’s theme was ‘James Bond’ and the evening proved to…
September was a busy month for BFIRST. The end of August saw our bi-annual committee meeting where we were awarded a generous donation of £1,000 in the form of a (big fancy) cheque from Lawrence Grant accountants. We then welcomed…
As you may have seen on our social media recently, BFIRST have officially been offered a place in the London marathon 2019! This will give us the opportunity to raise even more money to fund our various projects and means…
