There is seat coming up on BNMS council and I would encourage anyone who wants to get more involved with the BNMS to stand. We are also always looking for people for our science and education committee and professional standards committees so if you feel the calling in these directions, please get in touch with the BNMS office. From my perspective the BNMS is really thriving, and we currently heavily involved with MRT and PET-CT commissioning. On the subject of MRT it was disappointing that NICE did not approve Lu177 PSMA and we will continue to argue for this for the benefit of our patients.

The programme for our Harrogate meeting looks great and registrations are flowing in. I really enjoyed our Glasgow meeting and I hope this meeting will be just as good. Get you registration in now so you don't miss out, our Swansea meeting was sold out. It is only 94 days to go! We are in a good financial position as a society, and we have been looking at making sure or membership/meeting registration fees are good value for the lower paid members and trainees particularly. Charnie is working with Charlotte to make our fees equitable across all our membership groups.  

As you know I send out EANM draft guidelines to the membership when they become available, and I have been really impressed with the thorough reviews many of you have been sending back to me which I have passed onto the EANM. It is great to see so much interest in contributing to the European guidance. These guidelines are important as the national practice often references them. Thank you to all those who have contributed to make these guidelines better.

Finally, the NHS national clinical impact awards are out. Congratulations to all those in nuclear medicine who received them - these are really hard to get represent a significant achievement across a range of professional medical activities. Those who were unsuccessful please apply again next time and use the feedback scores to improve your application. Going forward the scheme is changing and there will no longer be citations from nominating bodies like the BNMS or Royal Colleges as the scheme has determined they make very little difference in the outcome. The BNMS are now not allowed to review applications but can offer generic advice which Stewart will be putting on our website.

Prof Richard Graham

BNMS President