About us

BSR promotes excellence in the treatment of people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions and supports those delivering it. We have more than 1,500 members including rheumatologists, scientists, trainees, allied health professionals and others from the UK and overseas. We are currently celebrating 25 years of promoting high quality standards of care, and providing education, training and support to those working in rheumatology.

Our activities include:

• An annual scientific meeting to advance knowledge and practice. Go to conference
• Education courses to further professional development in this field. Go to education
• Promoting, and pushing for sound health policies, and robust standards of care. Go to policy
• Clinical guidelines on a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions. Go to guidelines
• A register to monitor long-term safety of biologic agents for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Go to BSR Biologics Register website
• An international peer-reviewed Journal, Rheumatology, covering the full-spectrum of rheumatological conditions. Go to journal website
• A number of prizes, and awards, to reward innovative work in this field. Go to prizes and awards

For more information on our current aims and objectives see our Strategic Plan or read our latest Annual Reports.

BSR, in its relationships with the pharmaceutical industry, operates with the highest ethical standards and wishes for all its financial arrangements with industry to be clearly defined, recorded and transparent. View BSR Policy on Relationships with the Pharmaceutical Industry.

BSR has a very active secretariat, which oversees the day to day running of the organisation. View BSR's secretariat