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Clinical Standards Group

The Clinical Standards Group is a small committee composed of BCIS members and patient representatives. In addition, the BCIS President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Audit Lead contribute to the group’s activities. Formal meetings are held twice a year, typically in January and June, while additional business is conducted via email throughout the year. The group is chaired by the appointed lead, who manages its activities and reports directly to the BCIS Council.

The group has a broad remit that includes:

  • Developing and reviewing BCIS statements on clinical practice

  • Coordinating and overseeing the BCIS Peer Review Programme

  • Providing expert input to the Royal College of Physicians’ Invited Service Reviews when requested

  • Engaging with national bodies such as NICE & MHRA

  • Coordinating BCIS responses to guidance or statements from national authorities

  • Contributing to discussions on workforce issues relevant to the interventional cardiology community

The Clinical Standards Group plays a key role in maintaining and advancing clinical standards within the Society.

GROUP MEMBERS

Tom Johnson

Chair

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Ian Purcell

Member Without Portfolio

Alan Keys

Patient Support Representative – CCP UKas

Mamas Mamas

Audit Secretary & DMAG Lead

Adrian Banning

Co-opted Member

John Radcliffe Hospital

Sohail Khan

Member without Portfolio

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

David O’Brien

Member without Portfolio

Lincoln County Hospital

Clinical Professor of Medical
Education, School
Of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Director of Admissions, Lincoln Medical School
Honorary Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Lincolnshire Heart Centre

Shazia Hussain

Member without Portfolio

Glenfield Hospital

EX-OFFICIO

David Hildick-Smith

President

Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Professor Hildick-Smith is a Cardiologist in Brighton with an interest in Clinical Research and Structural Heart Disease

Gerald Clesham

Honorary Secretary

Basildon Hospital

Consultant Cardiologist, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

Peter O’Kane

Treasurer

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Coronary Intervention with particular interest in left main & bifurcation PCI, intra-vascular imaging, calcium modification, CTO and drug coated balloon technologies.
Research and career long education are essential to better serve our patients!

If you are a non-surgical centre looking to undertake Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI), support and guidance are available. You are encouraged to reach out for assistance with planning, protocols, governance arrangements, or collaboration with surgical centres.
For advice and support, please contact:
BCIS Non-Surgical Centre Representative, Abhishek Kumar abhishekkumar@nhs.net