Introduction

The British Hypertension Society provides a medical and scientific research forum to enable sharing of cutting edge research in order to understand the origin of high blood pressure and improve its treatment.  An annual scientific meeting is held every September at a University Campus in the UK and Ireland.

The British Hypertension Society has a track record of producing internationally renowned guidelines for the management of hypertension which are widely adopted in primary care in the UK and elsewhere. As part of our increasing engagement in improving blood pressure measurement we are now undertaking active validation of new blood pressure devices for the measurement of blood pressure.

The Society has also established an educational programme to support scientists, doctors and other healthcare workers involved in understanding the basis of high blood pressure and improving its treatment throughout the UK.

The BHS has completed a Strategic Review of current activities and future aims and objectives to guide development between 2010 and 2016. Click here to see the full document.

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May 2012 BHS Regional Meetings: Birmingham and Manchester A half-day educational meeting for general practitioners, primary care nurses and pharmacists, supplementary and independent prescribers and other primary care health professionals.   For Information: Click here To register online: Click here April 2012 New BHS Statement Efficacy of a device using reduced respiration rates to lower blood pressure. Click here March 2012 14th BHS Clinical Education Meeting For Primary Care Tuesday 22nd May 2012, ICH, Londonn This year the educational programme will focus on issues such as gene discovery, sleep, young hypertensives and the recently released NICE Hypertension Guidelines and gaps in the guidance. The Educational Programme is intended to support best practice and successful implementation of evidence-based management and guidelines. For this meeting we have constructed a programme based on new developments in the assessment and treatment of hypertension in the community to consider pragmatic approaches to reducing cardiovascular disease and achieving targets. Click HERE for the full Programme Click HERE to register on-line Download a hard copy registration form HERE Hypertension – A Clinical Update for Physicians A joint one-day BHS conference with the Royal College of Physicians 29 June 2012 Royal College of Physicians, London This CPD accredited hypertension programme covers: Genetics, Secondary Causes, Children, Elderly, Stroke, Novel Treatments, BP Monitoring and NICE Guidelines For full programme details and registration:  click here January 2012 Joint Societies Consensus Statement on Renal Denervation Today we are launching the Joint Societies Consensus Statement on Renal Denervation in resistant hypertension to accompany NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance IP418 on this technology. For the first time the BHS has led this on behalf of the British Cardiovascular Society, British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, Renal Association and the British Society of Interventional Radiology. The statement contains web links to IP 418 and to the video recordings of all the presentations from the 1st UK Symposium on Renal Denervation (click here to view). The 2nd UK Symposium on Renal Denervation co-organised by the BHS and Barts and The London will be held on 10 October 2012 at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Details will be posted as soon as possible.

ESH 2012 Come and visit the BHS on Stand 4 in the Exhibition Hall at ESH 2012. See www.esh2012.org for details