Please join us in congratulating our newly elected BOA Honorary Treasurer Rhidian Morgan-Jones, Honorary Secretary Deepa Bose, our Council members for 2026 - 2028 Andrea Sott, Andrew Gray, Anil Gambhir, Harvinder pal Singh & Paul Banaszkiewicz! https://www.boa.ac.uk/about-us/governance/council.html
Registration is NOW OPEN for the AI in Orthopaedics Conference 2025! 1st –2nd December 2025 | 10 Union Street, London Theme: Shaping the Future of Musculoskeletal Medicine Don’t miss this transformative event! 🔗 Learn more & book: www.boa.ac.uk/AI #AIinOrtho
Trauma & orthopaedics has the longest NHS waiting list - over 800,000 people in 2024. Each one is living with pain, reduced mobility, and life on hold.
We urgently need investment in MSK services and the workforce. #BoneAndJointWeek
Just published! Check out our latest Orthopaedics Online article — Doctor or Barber? Reviewing the use of gendered titles for UK surgeons by Sophie Gatfield, Alexander Dodds, and Andrea Sott. Read it here: https://bit.ly/46RMgA8
We have exciting opportunities for BOA members who are Home Fellows or SAS surgeons (Y11+) to represent, lead & effect change across the T&O profession through the BOA Committees. Deadline for all applications is on Monday, 20th October 2025. Find more at: https://bit.ly/3Wpg0zp
Today is World Spine Day. In England, 34% of adults live with chronic pain. We must reduce long waits for specialist treatment and ensure MSK patients have access to multi-disciplinary MSK professionals delivering integrated, high-quality care to tackle chronic pain effectively. #BoneAndJointWeek
Stay Updated with the BOA. Here’s a few things that are coming up or on now! ✅ Digital recordings of 2025 BOA Annual Congress available now ✅ Registration now open for AI in Orthopaedics Conference ✅ UKITE registration now open ✅ Ortho Update registration now open https://www.boa.ac.uk/
Join us today to celebrate the World Mental Health Day. The BOA has a wealth of well-being resources for orthopaedic surgeons to help you look after your mental health. Check out our resources on wellbeing and support at: www.boa.ac.uk/wellbeing.
REMINDER! Our next popular Training Orthopaedic Trainers (TOTs) course is starting on Tuesday 9th December! The course helps T&O trainers understand the workings of the T&O curriculum and how it can help improve teachings. BOOK NOW at: www.boa.ac.uk/tots
NEW FOR 2026! Starting on Tuesday 20th January 2026, this new webinar series from the T&O Education Partnership and BLRS will introduce paradigms of care within limb reconstruction and build upon them to teach the principles of care in this often poorly understood specialty. bit.ly/483DqjI
This Sunday, 12th October 2025, our amazing team will take on the Royal Parks Half Marathon to raise funds for the Joint Action appeal of the British Orthopaedic Association. Their efforts will help drive research into musculoskeletal conditions. Donate here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/roy...
Running from Tuesday 13th January 2026, the PROFAS webinar series is focused on exam-style learning. Designed for Fellows and new consultants, the course emphasises real-world clinical decision-making. Sign up now to hear as soon as registration goes live: www.surveymonkey.com/r/5SSCN5K
Calling all new consultants! The New Early Years Consultants Course (21st – 22nd November 2025) is designed for doctors in their first three years as a consultant. It focusses on talks on managing challenges & building sustainable careers. 👉 Secure your place today: bit.ly/4o4KRvE
Are you FRCS ready? Registration is NOW OPEN for BOA Ortho Update Course 2026! Taking place on 10th January 2026 in Manchester, it is for orthopaedic trainees at all levels and SAS surgeons to help you prepare for the FRCS exam.
We have exciting opportunities for BOA members who are Home Fellows or SAS surgeons (Y11+) to represent, lead & effect change across the T&O profession through the BOA Committees. Deadline for all applications is on Monday, 20th October 2025. Find more at: bit.ly/3Wpg0zp
REMINDER! Our next popular Training Orthopaedic Trainers (TOTs) course is starting on Tuesday 9th December! The course helps T&O trainers understand the workings of the T&O curriculum and how it can help improve teachings. BOOK NOW at: www.boa.ac.uk/tots
The BOA Trustee, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer elections are NOW OPEN and will run till 30th September. If eligible to vote, you will have received an email with instructions from Mi Voice. Voting members are Home Fellow, Home Member, Post CCT & SAS Year 11+.
Just published! Check out our latest Orthopaedics Online article - The role of nutrition, resistance training, and movement in preventing orthopaedic disease and injury by Richard Taylor. Read it here: bit.ly/481xDv1
Are you FRCS ready? Registration is NOW OPEN for BOA Ortho Update Course 2026! Taking place on 10th January 2026 in Manchester, it is for orthopaedic trainees at all levels and SAS surgeons to help you prepare for the FRCS exam.
