Meetings

We hope you will be able to join us at the upcoming BPNS meeting which we are hosting in conjunction with our French colleagues (SFNP).  This international meeting will include lectures from renowned clinical academic and experienced clinicians in the peripheral nerve field from across the UK and France; it will be held in English.  This will be an exclusively in-person meeting hosted at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in the heart of Westminster in central London, which overlooks St James's Park and was built in 1899.  The beautiful Georgian period decor is supplemented by engineering memorabilia.  Don't forget to login to our website before booking if you are a member. 

This longer meeting than usual, over a day and a half, will have more invited speakers that we usually do, but will still have some traditional case presentations.  Please submit clinical cases and research work as poster presentations, and we shall select some to be given as oral presentations.  These should both be submitted through the website in the normal way (this page: https://www.bpns.org.uk/abstract-submit.aspx); we hope we can include all submitted presentations.  There will be prizes for the best posters and oral presentations given by trainees.  A subsidised dinner at the Churchill War Rooms will take place on the Thursday evening and can be booked (as a separate event) via our website.

Location and travel information

Directions and venue location information are available here: https://www.onebirdcagewalk.com/docs/default-source/new-website/directions.pdf?sfvrsn=8.  Victoria, Waterloo and Charing Cross mainline stations are approximately a 15-20 minute walk from the venue.  If travelling by car, Q-Park Westminster is a safe and secure car park conveniently located just ten minutes away; a 10% discount code can be obtained by contacting HonSec@bpns.org.uk in advance of the meeting.

Accommodation

We have secured some discounted rooms at the Strand Palace Hotel: Strand Palace, 372 Strand, London WC2R 0JJ.  If any BPNS members wish to make bookings they must send their requests to groups@strandpalacehotel.co.uk quoting 'BPNS' to unlock cheaper rates.  They will offer Super Singles at £195p/n, Cozy Doubles for Sole Use at £235 p/n, or Standard Doubles (double occupancy) £250 p/n; breakfast and VAT inclusive.  They will then make the booking and contact you for your credit card details.

Payment information

Cost for members and non-members alike is £100 for the meeting, or £75 for associate members and French trainees (who do not have to become members, but should contact SFNP honorary secretary Dr Marion Masingue, who will advise our treasurer of their trainee status).  Due to PayPal changes, our usual payment system through the website doesn't work, so instead register through the website 'for free' and then pay separately through PayPal, either by searching for Aisling.Carr@nhs.net through PayPal or more simply by typing PayPal.me/bpns22 into your web browser: you will then be asked to log in or sign up to PayPal before being asked to set the amount to pay Aisling Carr, our treasurer.  If you do not have a PayPal account and do not wish to sign up, you can email aisling.carr@nhs.net and bring a checkbook when you attend the meeting.