It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2026 British Hernia Society Annual Conference. This year promises to be an exceptional gathering of minds, bringing together surgeons, researchers, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing the field of hernia surgery.
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Patient representative David Cummings is a Senior Supply Chain executive with 30 years of experience working in global supply chain operations, strategy development, new business generation and complex project management. Excellent communication and leadership skills honed through continuous process improvement, restructuring operations, managing multi-site operations and mergers & acquisitions. Extensive International experience, including working and living
BHS member exclusive content Thank you for visiting the member area. Go back to member area Hernia Fundamentals: A–Z Edition | Challenges & Hot Topics The chimney technique Parastomal hernia: an algorithm Mesh: what to use and when to use it Consent in hernia surgery Role of the hernia registry Challenges & hot topics –
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BHS member exclusive content Thank you for visiting the member area. Go back to member area Hernia Fundamentals: A–Z Edition | Hernias and emergencies The midline incison The 2am hernia (What not to do) The open abdomen Role of MIS surgery in emergency Hernias & Emergencies – panel discussion
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BHS member exclusive content Thank you for visiting the member area. Go back to member area Hernia Fundamentals: A–Z Edition | Ventral Hernia Assessment of ventral hernia Optimisation & role of CAW MDT in ventral hernia Surgical approaches of ventral hernia Role of minimally invasive surgery Mesh decision making a clinical discussion Principles of imaging
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BHS member exclusive content Thank you for visiting the member area. Go back to member area Hernia Fundamentals: A–Z Edition | Groin The role of radiology in groin lumps How to perform an inguinal hernia Pitfalls in groin surgery Groin lumps in children Laparoscopic approach to groin hernia Groin hernia – Panel discussion
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The British Hernia Society (BHS) is inviting applications from interested surgeons to join the BHS registry subcommittee (RSC). The appointment will commence immediately and is for a period of three years in the first instance. The BHS Registry is one of our most important projects. The RSC was stablished in 2021 and over the last
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Director of AWR Sala Abdalla is a Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in the management of complex ventral hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). She is based at the London North West University Healthcare Trust where she has established a dedicated abdominal wall service. Ms Abdalla is a graduate of Imperial College,
Sanjoy Basu is a Consultant Upper GI, Laparoscopic , Bariatric and AWR Surgeon for the East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.He has extensive experience in complex abdominal and hiatal reconstructions and laparoscopic surgery and works as a faculty for AWR, basic and advanced laparoscopic surgery courses for
