The North West Deanery (also known as the East Sector of the North West School of Surgery) encompasses training units in Greater Manchester, Lancashire & South Cumbria.
The urological training programme aims to provide very high quality...
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Medicine in Wales has a long tradition of first-class urological training which is reflected in the training opportunities currently available and excellent pass rates in the FRCS (Urol) examination.
The Wales Deanery administers training...
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E-learning webinars have been designed to meet the educational requirements of all levels of BAUS members. Webinars have been divided into five main groups, shown in the dropdown titles below.
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FAQs About Stones
All the questions below have been submitted by patients to the Stone Disease Advisory Group.
The answers have been carefully prepared by the Executive Committee of the Endourology Section of BAUS. This body includes patient...
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SAS Surgeons' Development Day (Nov 2022)
The SAS Group hosted their first development day in Birmingham on 19 November 2022, with the event streamed "live" for those who were unable to...
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Conference Information
All conference content, speakers and timings are correct at the time of publication. The organisers cannot be held responsible for changes due to circumstances beyond their control, including the withdrawal of speakers...
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Venue Details
Manchester Central Convention Complex Ltd
Windmill Street, Petersfield, Manchester M2 3GX
Tel: +44 (0)161 834 2700
Email Manchster Central
Travel Options
Manchester Airport is a major international hub just nine...
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Members Privacy Notice
If you are a member of BAUS you have provided personal information which we retain and use, having regard to relevant data protection legislation.
The information you provide during your membership application will...
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About the Audit
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the removal of stones from the kidney or ureter using a small puncture in the skin of the affected side. Small instruments are then passed to break up and remove the stones. PCNL can be...
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About the Audit
Radical prostatectomy is the removal of the whole prostate gland and seminal vesicles for cancer of the prostate. The operative technique used may be open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted. In recent years, an increasing...
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The 1992 Punch Club meeting was hosted by Philip Smith in Leeds from 23 to 25 September.
Members were accommodated at the Leeds/Bradford Forte Crest Hotel in Bramhope, from where they were transported, on the evening of 23 September, for wine &...
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This was the first Punch Club meeting at which members' partners & guests were invited to participate
The 1994 Punch Club meeting was hosted by Peter Hamilton Stewart in Bradford from 2 to 4 November.
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This medal was issued by the Portuguese Urological Association at their 1995 meeting held in Porto.
The Portuguese Urological Association was founded in 1923, with Dr Arthur Ravara as its first president. Ravara (1873 - 1937) was the founder of...
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The 1998 Punch Club meeting was hosted by Ken Munson in Derby.
Members and their guests were accommodated at Breadsall Priory (pictured below right) ** see below during the meeting. On the evening of Wednesday 4 November, coach transport was...
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The cult of the Greek God of healing, Aesculapius, led to the formation of healing temples throughout Greece in the third century BC.
Read more on Wikipedia about Aesculapius
It is likely that these were places of medical learning as...
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Early Arabic (Islamic) medicine built on the legacies left behind by Greek and Roman physicians, and was strongly influenced by Galen and Hippocrates. Most medical literature from both Greece and Rome was translated into Arabic, and later adapted to...
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Glasgow was the first location outside London to host the BAUS Annual meeting. The first two small meetings were held at the Royal College of Surgeons in London in 1945 (the year BAUS was formed) and in 1946.
The 1947 meeting was held in...
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The 1949 BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting was held from 30 June to 2 July 1949 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (pictured upper right), Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
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The 1967 BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting took place from 21 to 24 June 1967 at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and The Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole Street, London.
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A message from Mary Garthwaite, BAUS Virtual Art Gallery Curator, former Consultant Urologist & TUF Trustee
Entries for the BAUS photographic competition 2023 have now been judged and the winner announced - all submissions can be viewed below...
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