BNMS Committee update from the BNMS Clinical Scientist Group

The Clinical Scientist (CS) group is directly involved in many aspects of the work of the BNMS Council, advising on all matters relevant to scientific practice in Nuclear Medicine. Members of the CS group hold key roles within the main Council as well as on important associated sub-committees - such as Honorary Treasurer, Chair of the Professional Standards Committee and co-Chair of the Scientific Education Committee. As within the wider healthcare setting, the CS group unassumingly work to support and drive forward the various professional groups that make up Nuclear Medicine.

Recent examples of work that the CS group have been directly involved in are:

• harmonisation of the membership structure of the BNMS to promote equity for all craft groups.
• co-ordination and delivery of an engaging programme at the annual Spring BNMS meeting - celebrating 60 years this year in sunny Manchester!
• development of new procedure guidelines (e.g. Measurement of GFR using Plasma Sampling which will be published imminently) and directing the UK Nuclear Medicine Department survey.
• supporting the work of the new Molecular Radiotherapy (MRT) Consortium and feeding into discussions on workforce provision for all NM craft groups across the UK.
• representation at various national professional and regulatory meetings (e.g. IPEM NM Special Interest Group, Environment Agency Small Users Liaison Group) to ensure the CS membership of BNMS is kept informed of any regulatory changes or professional developments 
• created a CS trainee network to ensure any views/concerns of HSTT and STP CS trainees are heard by BNMS Council, liaising with other trainee networks such as the Medical Training Committee to address common issues around training provision
• participated in Expert Working Groups that feed directly into the (NHS Digital) National Tarriff Payment scheme to ensure the correct coding of diagnostic and therapeutic NM procedures. A recent success has been the championing of new codes now available for therapy dosimetry - Preparation for radionuclide/radioisotope / molecular radiotherapy (X57.1)
  
  If you want to find out more about the CS group and get involved in making a difference, please contact us via email: richardfernandez@bnms.org.uk