CGS AGM March 2013 Secretary’s Report. Members 437 (March ‘12 was 443)

CGS AGM March 2013

Secretary’s Report

• Members 437 (March ‘12 was 443)

Changes in Council …

• Daniela Pilz, Geoff Woods, Sahar Mansour demitting office

• Jill Clayton-Smith beginning two year term as President

• Peter Turnpenny demitting office as President, will serve as Vice-President for a year

• Alison Male and Lynn Greenhalgh elected as members of Council

• Emily Craft elected as trainee rep

Thinking ahead …

• Next year will be elections for new President, Treasurer, Secretary and 2 Council members

Thanks …

• Thanks to all who have contributed to Council this year, particularly the Council members who are leaving office and especially to Peter

• Thanks also to Dina Kotecha and Natalie Sharif for all their seen and unseen work on behalf of the Society during the year

President’s Report President’s Report

2012 – 20132012 – 2013

ConstitutionConstitution

• Wording brought up to date

• Junior membership – Medical Students / F1 / F2

• To accommodate change BSHG ---> BSGM

Further Amendments to come (2014):

• Honorary Members – include Carter Lecturers; anyone can nominate

• Changes reflect the way we do things now

Honorary MembersHonorary MembersProf Tim BishopProf Dame Kay DaviesProf Di DonnaiProf Mark FergusonProf Mel GreavesProf Nicholas HastieProf Douglas HiggsProf Pat JacobsProf Alec JeffreysProf Bryan SykesProf John ToddProf Veronica van HeyningenProf David Weatherall

+ Prof Malcolm Ferguson-Smith

• All living, contactable past Carter Lecturers, 1984 - 2012

• N = 22

“Thank you very much for this honour. I have very fond

memories of delivering the Carter Lecture. I have also

been helped enormously by my interactions with Clinical

Geneticists throughout the UK. Our work simply would

not be possible without these interactions. I find the

Clinical Genetics community to be extremely open,

generous and collaborative and it is a great pleasure to

be acknowledged as set out your very kind invitation.”

“What a delightful surprise to receive your very kind invitation to become an Honorary Member of the Society, which I have no hesitation in accepting.

I have always held the Society in very high regard and especially the way in which, in the very early days of applied molecular genetics, it fostered the close connection between clinician and scientist that created such a strong foundation for service delivery as well, of course, for first rate research.

It is many years since I did anything useful in medical genetics, so this honour comes both as a privilege and as a reminder of a very happy and productive period in my professional life.”

Junior MembershipJunior Membership

• Includes BSHG / BSGM automatically

• Medical Students: Free subscription

• F1 / F2: £20 subscription to BSHGFree CGS membership

JMG - CPDJMG - CPD

• Panel established: Prof Diana Eccles + 7

• Selected articles

• Multiple choice questions

CommunicationCommunication

• President’s E-Bulletin: x2 / year

• Welcome letter to new members

• New BSHG / BSGM website

• Electronic BSHG Newsletter

• Facebookfacebook.com/groups/clingensoc

• Twitter@clingensoc

TraineesTrainees

Money !• Reduced CGS Conference Fee• Travel awards

Short electives, developing countries • Awaiting word from GMC

KBA Exam / SCE• Well done! … two successful candidates, Sept 2012• Next exam 26.03.13• In future … 3rd Tuesday of March … 18.03.14

The BIG IssuesThe BIG Issues

CommissioningCommissioning• NHSCB … 01.04.13• Clinical Genetics … Specialised Commissioning

Clinical Reference Group

• Prof Frances Flinter• Recruitment Round 2: East Midlands, East of England, North

East, (South Coast) representation• Professional Standards Groups: BSHG, CGS, ACGS, AGNC• Stakeholder Groups: Genetic Alliance, Unique, UKGTN, PHGF,

NEGDC

• Dashboard• National Audit

100,000 Genomes100,000 GenomesNHSCB to commission; pump-prime funding of £100m• Rare Diseases• Cancer• Infectious Diseases

CMO – 3 Implementation task groups• Science• Data• Ethics

Laboratory Review• Genomic Centres• Diagnostic Hubs

President’s Report President’s Report

2011 – 20122011 – 2012

3 ‘R’s

Routine stuff

Reactive (Responsive) stuff

Where R we heading? stuff

President’s Report President’s Report

2012 – 20132012 – 2013

3 ‘R’s

Read the Runes and be Relevant

ThanksThanks

Prof Geoff Woods, Dr Sahar Mansour, Dr Meena Balasubramanian

CGS Council

Prof Daniela Pilz, Scientific Programme Committee, and BSHG Office – Dina & Natalie

CGS Conference 2013

Drs Elisabeth Rosser & Amanda Collins

CGS Secretary & Treasurer

Peninsula Clinical Genetics

Service

Others

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