Chair of the Standards of Care Committee - call for applications

Professor Adam Hill will come to the end of his term of office as Chair of the Standards of Care Committee in November 2025.  BTS now invites applications for this role which has a 3 year tenure to November 2028, and the successful candidate will become a Trustee of the Society serving on the BTS Board.

The Standards of Care Committee has three major responsibilities:

• Guideline development. This involves the development and maintenance of robust systems for the production of the Society's own Guidelines, from assessing the need for a Guideline to the submission for publication, in line with NHS Evidence Accreditation criteria. The scope of this work will involve Guidelines on specific diseases, specific procedures, and on processes of care, plus advice about key messages for dissemination, associated audit tool(s) and patient information. 
• Production of Clinical Statements which will be commissioned by the Committee and produced according to the agreed procedures. 
• Production of Quality Standards, based on BTS Guidelines, which aim to provide clinicians, commissioners, planners and patients with a guide to the standards of care that patients with a particular disease/condition should expect, together with measurable markers of good practice. 

'I would highly recommend this key role which promotes evidence based practice, drives quality improvement and promotes research.' - Professor Adam Hill, SOCC Chair 2022-2025. 

A copy of the Committee’s constitution is available here.  

A copy of the description of this role is available here. 

Applications, which should include a brief statement outlining suitability for the role, plus a short CV (2-3 pages) should be sent to sally.welham@brit-thoracic.org.uk by Monday 28 April 2025. Enquiries about the role are also welcome - please contact Sally in the first instance. 

Interviews will be conducted by Teams during May 2025.