TheBritish Cardiovascular Society (BCS) is a United Kingdom-wide health organisation based in London. It aims to represent all healthcare professionals working in the field of cardiology, set standards for prevention, diagnosis, and clinical care, and communicate those standards to the community and the patients through training, education and public outreach.
The first idea for the BCS came in 1910 by the Scottishcardiologist SirJames Mackenzie. At an Association of Physicians meeting in Oxford on 22 April 1922, the Cardiac Club was formed by 5 cardiologists:Carey F. Coombs,T. F. Cotton, John Cowan,A. G. Gibson (as chair), andW. E. Hume. It was founded in 1922 at the Club's first active meeting by 15 founder members — the original five plus ten others, includingThomas J. Horder andThomas Lewis — and with one honorary member, namely Mackenzie.[1] In April 1937 it became the Cardiac Society of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1946 it became theBritish Cardiac Society.
It was incorporated (03005604) on 1 January 1995 as the British Cardiac Society.[2] It became the British Cardiovascular Society on 8 May 2006.[3]
It produces theHeart journal; this was established in 1939 as theBritish Heart Journal. The Editor isCatherine Otto. Another journal it produces is calledOpen Heart.
It is situated inFitzrovia in theLondon Borough of Camden. It became a UK Registered Charity in 2002. Its membership (2,500) included doctors and nurses. It is an affiliate of theEuropean Society of Cardiology.[4] The current President of the Society for the 2018–2021 term is Simon Ray, Honorary Professor of Cardiology ofManchester University.[5]
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