EDITORIALS
Celebrating 25 years of the BTS: the Silver Jubilee Meeting
1 Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London, UK
2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Dr J Goldring, Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free & University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK; j.goldring@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
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The BTS took over the entire Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London again this year to host its Silver Jubilee year Winter Meeting. This, the biggest and most comprehensive meeting so far, was also the first to accommodate an additional day for allied health professionals, held in conjunction with the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC).
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS AND RECEPTION
In his Presidential address, "Beyond the prescription", Professor Martyn Partridge focused on the way health care delivery might change in the future with more consultations being delivered in community-based clinics at times which would be more convenient to our patients.
The BTS medal was jointly presented to Professor Peter Barnes and Dr Alistair Brewis for their outstanding contributions to respiratory medicine and, at the lively reception, Professor Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, presented the BTS Silver Jubilee Awards. These covered seven categories celebrating innovation and excellence
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