BASL Membership

Introduction:

BASL is a multi-disciplinary society with over 1,000 members composed of interested individuals from clinical medicine, clinical and basic research and allied professions. 

Membership to the Association is open to an individual in the UK with an interest in the liver and its disorders. To become a member, an application is made electronically to the Association. Persons residing outside the UK may become ‘Corresponding Members’ and may attend but cannot vote at the Business Meeting of the Association, this membership type is subject to BASL approval.

BASL Membership covers membership to BASL and all of its sub groups and special interest groups including BLNA, BVHG, BLTG, BHPG and HCC-UK. Membership is not available to one specific group but the subscription rate you pay is determined by your job status. This membership structure was put in place at the start of the membership year 31 January 2015.

This allows all members free access to BASL and affiliate group meetings except for specific meetings where subsidised rates apply. Any chargeable meetings will have rates advertised.

Please contact membership@basl.org.uk if you have any questions relating to membership.

BASL Member Benefits

Being part of BASL gifts the membership benefits below: 

• Discounted registration rates for the annual meeting including the BLTG and BLNA meetings;
• Discounted or free registration to Trainee events including; 'Introduction to Hepatology Day', School of Hepatology and Transplant School webinars;
• Free registration to the BVHG meetings;
• Eligibility for Travel Bursaries to the annual meeting for Nurse, AHP and Pharmacist members;
• Eligibility for the prestigious Dame Sheila Sherlock Award (to an emerging researcher in the field of liver disease, for members below status of Senior Lecturer or consultant). Applications are usually submitted two months prior to the annual meeting - details are announced;
• Eligibility for the Andy Burroughs Young Investigator Award (to young investigators who have contributed to clinical or translational research related to liver transplantation who are in a training non-substantive post). Applications are usually submitted two months prior to the annual meeting - details are announced;
• Members Newsletter
• Access to the members Resources area of the BASL website.

In addition:

• BASL members receive a 50% discount on a standard annual personal subscription to Frontline Gastroenterology – giving online access to all content in the journal, including the current year's content (6 issues), papers published online first, supplements/special issues and full archive back to 2010. BASL members should contact BMJ Customer support at support@bmj.com with their membership number, to request the 50% discount.

• BASL members benefit from a 25% discount on the article processing charge (APC) if they wish to submit open access to Frontline Gastroenterology . For the discounted article processing charge (APC), authors should contact the FG Editorial Office at info.fg@bmj.com with their manuscript ID number and BASL membership number. A discount code will then be shared with them.

(NB: both the standard annual personal subscription discount and article processing charge discount may only be used by Members against the full retail price (as amended by BMJ Group annually and before any discount or reduction) of an article processing charge for manuscript(s) submitted to an Eligible Journal(s). These Discount(s) may not be used in conjunction with any other discount or offer.)

Membership Rates

• Medically Qualified Consultant Member (Consultants, Surgeons, Physicians) - £150
• Medically Qualified In Training Member (SpRs, Scientific Trainees, Students) - £55
• Nurse/ Affiliate Member (Nurses, Transplant Co-ordinators, Pharmacists, Other Healthcare Professionals - including Band 4 Nurse Associates, Community Liaison Officer, Fibroscan Assistant and other Band 4) - £20
• Scientist Member (For Scientists (not including Scientific Trainees) - £20

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Ward Membership

Interested in a ward membership? BASL's ward membership includes 5 memberships at an annual cost of £100. The names of up to 5 nurses and/or AHP's can be changed annually. Contact membership@basl.org.uk for more information. 

Corporate Membership

Companies are welcome to join BASL as a Corporate Member. This is open to companies involved in the fields of Liver Research or Liver Disease and its treatment. An organisation can apply for a Corporate membership, (price on application). Corporate members do not have voting rights. 

Applications are subject to approval by the BASL Committee and approved companies will be asked to specify a designated Primary contact who the membership will be against. The membership is for one person and is non-transferrable between individuals.

Members maybe entitled to membership privileges, including discounted course or conference registrations as a delegate, (excluding exhibition staff). Persons working for companies in a clinical capacity are normally eligible for Medically Qualified Consultant membership.

Requests for a Corporate Membership should be emailed to membership@basl.org.uk .

Affiliated membership of BASL/BLTG to paid up members of the British Transplantation Society (BTS)

BASL offers affiliated membership of BASL/BLTG to paid up members of BTS.  Affiliated BTS members are entitled to:

50% reduction in the cost of individual membership to BASL, appropriate to job type and grade according to the BASL membership price structure - Annual Meeting registration fees remain consistent with BASL members’ rates.

BTS members who join BASL/BLTG as an affiliate member will receive the full benefit of BASL membership provided that they remain paid up members of the BTS.

Contact us at membership@basl.org.uk for any questions. 

BASL/BLTG is an affiliated organisation of the BTS and BASL/BLTG members can receive a 50% discount on the BTS membership rates.
Go to the BTS website membership page for all the details > Here

Pro-Rata Payments