British

Hernia

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Our aim

To promote safe, effective and high quality hernia surgery throughout the U.K

Obligation to our patients

To provide an unbiased, objective source of informations for patients

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We participate and organise regular surgical meetings and workshops

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Season two of the BHS/RCSEd Hernia Webinar series.

Season two of the BHS/RCSEd Hernia Webinar series. The Hernia Masterclass Webinar Series focuses on the state-of-the-art management of hernias. This series has been carefully designed to take the participants through all aspects of hernia management covering a wide range of topics. This series will be

September 28, 2022

Welcome to the website of The British Hernia Society

The British Hernia Society provides leadership with regard to hernia surgery both nationally and internationally. We are involved with training, keeping surgeons up to date with latest hernia guidelines, and the development of robust outcome assessment for hernia surgery .We also aim to act as an authoritative unbiased resource of hernia information for surgeons, GPs, other healthcare professionals and patients. If there is any hernia related information that you cannot find on the site please contact us.

British Hernia Society sub committees

Registry subcommittee The BHS Registry sub-committee (RSC) was formed in Jan 2020 as an operational group to develop the new BHS Registry. This exciting, ground-breaking project for the British Hernia Society will steer the course of product development in the years to come and ensure patient safety is at the top of industry’s agenda. The

Angela’s story

CAWR Pathway optimisation to reduce the NHS financial burden Getting it right first time (GIRFT) is a national program designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variation. Recent focus has highlighted the economic burden of incisional hernias (IH) leading to the more complex abdominal wall repair (CAWR). The NHS

Hernia Masterclass Series Webinar Recordings

We have now concluded our 8 episodes Hernia Masterclass Webinar series. This was brought to you by BHS in partnership with The RCSEd Surgical Specialty Board (SSB) in General Surgery.This series was well attended with over 400 participants from all over the world for each webinar. The feedback we have received are mostly encouraging. We

BHS Registry

The BHS Registry sub-committee was formed as an operational group to develop the new BHS Registry. This project for theBHS will steer the course of product development in the years to come.

BHS AWR

The AWR Subcommittee recognise the rapid and widespread developments in hernia management in the last decade. We aim to support specialists units to provide more complex repairs.

Education & Training

The BHS Education sub committee aim to establish the current educational activity in hernia surgery in the UK. We aim to establish a network in hernia surgery education and to develop programs of education.

Upcoming Hernia Courses

Find BHS recommended hernia courses here

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As a society we recognise the value of inclusivity and diversity not only for our membership but importantly by reflecting this within our Board itself. The BHS fully recognises that different people bring different perspectives, ideas, knowledge and culture, so by embracing these differences makes us stronger.The BHS is strongly opposed to any form of discrimination or exclusion based on individual characteristics and circumstances, such as age; disability; caring or dependency responsibilities; gender or gender identity; marriage and civil partnership status; political opinion; pregnancy and maternity; race, colour, caste, nationality, ethnic or national origin; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation; socio-economic background; trade union membership status or other distinctions.The BHS will continue to respect the rights of individuals, including the right to hold different views and beliefs. We will not allow these differences to be manifested in a way that is hostile or degrading to others.The BHS remains fully committed to working with all our members towards the achievement of our remit to enhance education in hernia surgery.