BPS Council

The British Pain Society Council is made up of up to six Officers and up to nine Council Members. The Council also has the power to co-opt any person to provide expertise in a particular area as may be deemed necessary.

Dates of future Council meetings can be found at the bottom of the page.

If you would like to contact the President, Honorary Secretary or the Honorary Treasurer of the Society, you may send an email using the following addresses:
-President: president@britishpainsociety.org
-Honorary Secretary: secretary@britishpainsociety.org
-Honorary Treasurer: treasurer@britishpainsociety.org

To contact any other Council member, please email info@britishpainsociety.org

The current Members of Council of the British Pain Society are listed below:

Officers

Prof. Richard Langford
President

Qualifications
MB BS FRCA
Term of office
2010-2013

Dr Joan B Hester
Immediate Past President

Qualifications
MB BS FRCA MSc
Term of office
2009-2010

Dr Patricia Schofield
Honorary Secretary

Qualifications
RGN PhD PGDipEd DipN
Term of office
2010-2013

Dr John Goddard
Honorary Treasurer

Qualifications
MBBS MRCP FRCA FFPMRCA
Term of office
2010-2013

Elected members of Council

Dr Nick Allcock
Qualifications: PdD, BSc Nursing Studies, Dip. NurseEd, RN, RNT
Term of office: 2008-2011

Dr Andrew Baranowski
Qualifications: BSc MBBS MD FRCA
Term of office: 2010-2013

Dr Sam Eldabe
Qualifications: MBChB FRCA FFPMRCA
Term of office: 2009-2012

Dr Austin Leach
Qualifications: MBBS FFARCS
Term of office: 2010-2013

Dr Edward Lin
Qualifications: MB ChB BAO MSc BSc FRCA MRCP MD
Term of office: 2009-2012

Dr Mick Serpell
Qualifications: MBchB
Term of office: 2008-2011

Dr Thanthullu Vasu
Qualifications: MBBS MD DNB FRCA FFPMRCA FIPP Dip Pain Mgt
Term of office: 2009-2012

Dr Stephen Ward
Qualifications: MBBS FRCA
Term of office: 2008-2011

Ms Suzy Williams
Qualifications: Dip Occ Therapy MSc Pain Mgt
Term of office: 2010-2013

Co-opted members of Council

Professor Sam Ahmedzai
Representative of the Association for Palliative Medicine
Term of office: 2010-2011

Dr Mike Basler
Honorary Editor, British Pain Society Newsletter
Term of office: 2010-2011

Mr Neil Berry
Representative: Psychology
Term of office: 2010-2011

Ms Heather Cameron
Representative of the Physiotherapy Pain Association
Term of office: 2010-2011

Dr Beverly Collett
Representative of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Term of office: 2010-2011

Ms Felicia Cox
Co-Editor, Reviews in Pain
Term of office: 2009- 2012

Professor Martia Fitzgerald
Representative: Science
Term of office: 2010-2011

Dr Roger Knaggs
Representative: Pharmacy
Term of office: 2010-2011

Ms Celia Manson
Representative: Royal College of Nursing
Term of office: 2010-2011

Dr Michael Platt
Co-Editor, Reviews in Pain
Term of office: 2009-2012

Mrs Nia Taylor
Chair, British Pain Society Patient Liaison Committee
Term of office: 2010-2012

Dr Suellen Walker
Chair, Scientific Programme Committee, 2011 ASM
Term of office: 2010-2011

Dates of future Council meetings
The British Pain Society Council usually meets four times a year at the Society’s headquarters in London.

2010

- 2 February 2010
- 16 April 2010 (at the ASM)
- 16 June 2010
- 27 September 2010
- 30 November 2010