🚨 BTS Annual Congress 2026 - Save the date! 🗓️ 4–6 March 📍Venue Cymru, Llandudno, North Wales Join 500+ experts in organ donation & transplantation for 3 days of cutting-edge science, clinical updates, and collaboration. 📄 Abstract submissions open ⏳ Deadline 25 Nov 25 bit.ly/4mobScd

In November, BTS & BSHI will host a one-day meeting aimed at understanding the science and clinical application for novel diagnostics in the care of solid organ transplant patients. 🧬 📝To register and view the programme: bts.org.uk/bts-autumn-s... #weareBTS #transplantation #transplanteducation

🫀 Register now for our BTS Autumn Symposia! Join leading experts, innovators, and clinicians for a powerful one-day programme exploring the next era in cardiothoracic transplant care. 📅 14 November 2025 📍Wellcome Collection, London bit.ly/3JxrZX7 #BTS2025 #CardiothoracicTransplant

🎙️Dr Sunil Daga opens up about the urgent need for more kidney donors, the rise in dialysis patients & why research must better reflect the UK’s diverse communities. He explores how building trust & breaking down barriers can lead to more equitable care for all. Listen now!👉 bit.ly/3JdvZfq #WeAreBTS

#weareBTS @btstransplant.bsky.social with BTS President @rjb65.bsky.social at #ESOTcongress @esottransplant.bsky.social

@btstransplant.bsky.social #weareBTS Leeds team at @esottransplant.bsky.social at #ESOTcongress @mattws1.bsky.social

Your turn - Share yours and show us what being part of the BTS community looks like to you! 🌟 Don't forget to tag us and use #WeAreBTS

📢 BTS is delighted to announce the launch of the Andrew Paris Memorial 2025 Fellowships! 💡The aim is to benefit transplant patients and to commemorate the work of the St John Ambulance Air Wing 1972-1993 established by Mr Andrew Paris Learn more👉 bts.org.uk/education-tr... #AndrewParis #Fellowship

𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ESOT Legacy Project 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 🗓️ 28 June 📍 Royal Victoria Square (in front of ExceL London) 🕕 12:30 to 17:30 #ESOTcongress 💚 ℹ️ www.esotcongress.org/legacy @lucy-dames.bsky.social @kidneycareuk.bsky.social‬ @btstransplant.bsky.social‬

Today's spotlight is a powerful joint session with @btstransplant.bsky.social‬, where inspiring Chairs Krishna Menon & Richard Baker will lead the Joint session: 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 👉 www.esotcongress.org/scientific-p...

🗣️ We invite you to celebrate all things BTS. Use our new hashtag #WeAreBTS and connect with others who are part of this incredible society. 🌟 Our first #WeAreBTS post is from #TeamNewcastle who are excited for another live donor kidney transplant! Tell us what you're up to & use #WeAreBTS

This #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate the extraordinary contribution of nurses across the entire organ donation and transplantation pathway. From critical care to theatres, transplant units to coordination teams — your expertise, compassion, and care make it all possible. Thank you! #IND2025

📅 **Save the Date!** 📢 British Transplantation Society Symposium 💙 UK Cardiothoracic Transplantation: Charting Future Success 🗓️ 14th November 2025 📍 Wellcome Collection, London bts.org.uk/british-tran... #SaveTheDate #TransplantSymposium #CardiothoracicSurgery #BTS

🌟Have you seen our latest Council Spotlights? 🌟 Visit our LinkedIn page to learn more about your BTS council! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #BTS

This Easter, we reflect on the hope that organ donation brings to those waiting for a second chance at life. Our heartfelt thanks to all transplant professionals working over the weekend, and to every donor and their families who makes that hope possible. #OrganDonation #EasterSunday #ThankYouNHS

🚨 BTPT Council Applications Now Open! 🚨 Passionate about transplant medicine? Want to help shape a connected, diverse transplant community for physicians across the UK? Join the BTPT council as we grow links with @btstransplant.bsky.social & create new opportunities. Apply now 👇 Deadline 30/4/25!

🌟Council Spotlight: Meet Aimen!🌟 He sits on the BTS council as the social media councillor and is responsible for promoting all BTS activities and events. Head over to our Linkedin account to read more! bit.ly/4lFNPGT #BTS #EngagementMatters

🌍 On #WorldHealthDay, we're proud to support the launch of the #HealthyBeginnings campaign, focusing on maternal & newborn health. The British Transplantation Society stands with the global community in working towards a future where every mother and child has the healthiest start. 💚👶#HopefulFutures

Congress highlights: 👥 940 attendees 🗣️ 237 Speakers and oral presenters 💼 27 Exhibitors 🥂1 Welcome function 🍹1 Skyline drinks reception 👩‍🏫1 Post-Grad masterclass 🩺1 Nursing & AHP masterclass 🍴1 Gala dinner 🚲1 Charity bike ride from London-Brighton 🏆30 Awards #btscongress

Congratulations to our award winners! 🏅The Medawar Clinical Medal:Sumoyee Basu 🏅The Medawar Scientific Medal:Weiyi Tan 🏅The Calne Williams Medal:Sahil Gupta 🏥 Nursing & AHP Award:Kathryn Somers 🌟 Roy Calne Award:Serena MacMillan 📜 Moderated Poster Session:Carrie Scuffell & Gabriela John

A special thank you to the BTS and NHSBT teams who have been working tirelessly behind the scenes over the past 8 months to help deliver a successful and engaging congress 👏 #BTSCongress

As this congress draws to a close, we would like to send a massive thank you to our outgoing president, Professor Krish Menon, for his outstanding role in driving and supporting the BTS in what it has achieved as a society over the past 3 years 👏. We wish him all the best #BTSCongress

Assistant Director of NHS Blood and Transplant is about to provide a strategy update for Organ Donation and transplantation to delegates in Syndicate 1&2 #BTSCongress

Our keynote speech is beginning now in the main auditorium -Dr Zubir Ahmed MP “All roads lead to Westminster. #BTSCongress

Julie Whitney from NHSBT ODT Hub presents the complexities of NORS activation and mobilisation #BTSCongress

We hope you enjoyed the Hilton Hoedown last night 🤠 Bright and sunny this morning and our sessions are already in full swing! Come and join us to listen to amazing innovations in donation and transplant! #BTSCongress

A huge thank you to all NHSBT statisticians who have offered a glimpse of the enormous amount of work they perform to support organ donation and transplantation. Lisa Mumford, Jenny Mehew, Rachel Hogg, Matthew Robb, and Helen Thomas. #BTSCongress

Lisa Mumford starts the eagerly awaited statistics session at the BTS congress in Brighton with an overview of organ donation and transplantation activities. ##BTSCongress

Liam Watson, Trainee Representative in Organ Donation (TROD) from Great Ormond Street in London presents the format of the highly successful Deceased Donation SIM course #BTSCongress

Sarah-Jane Plant and Omer Aziz open our post lunch paediatric session providing updates on paediatric donation and transplantation in the UK #BTSCongress

Our post lunch sessions are beginning now. In our main auditorium Olive McGowan is kicking us off discussing the U.K. Donation, Retrieval and Transplantation academy. #BTSCongress

Well done to all the presenters at the Medawar Medal session at the BTS Congress today. Excellent work across transplant units in the UK showcased at this session. #BTSCongress

Ahmed Radwan presenting very interesting results from the trainee-led TWIST trial primarily showing that the use of subcutaneous wound drains in high BMI kidney transplant recipients had no impact on the rate of surgical site infections #Medawar #BTSCongress

Sumoyee Basu examines the difference between immune sensitisation responses following transplantation and pregnancy #Medawar #BTSCongress

"Are we letting the public down by not providing a uDCD pathway in the UK?" Weiyi Tan delivers an engaging presentation examining the public's attitude to organ donation, with a particular focus on uncontrolled DCD donation ##Medawar #BTSCongress

Farah Latif presents the results of the CMVIR study showing the predictive value of the novel FLT3 ligand as an early marker of subsequent CMV viraemia and viral control. #Medawar #BTSCongress

Fantastic turn out for the Judicial review of a case study discussing when and if to proceed with a donation case #BTSCongress

Emma-Louise Kent presents a pilot study that demonstrates the effectiveness of a sublingual vaccine in reducing the incidence of recurrent urinary tract infections in kidney transplant recipients #Medawar #BTSCongress

Teresa Bervini presents a promising model of gene therapy during ex-situ normothermic perfusion of an explanted liver #Medawar #BTSCongress

Zaid Al-Ameidy presents the results of the CITGO study using NHSBT registry data demonstrating that the effect of cold ischaemia time on graft survival may be context-dependent #Medawar #BTSCongress

Harry Spiers kicks off the Medawar session at the BTS with an exciting talk about the association of graft dysfunction with a distinct transcriptomic profile during normothermic machine perfusion in kidney transplantation #BTSCongress

Our Free communications session this morning generated some great questions on the varied presentations #BTSCongress

Catching up with the Cardiff NORS team at the @btstransplant.bsky.social @nhsbt.bsky.social Joint Congress in Brighton. #btscongress #bts2025

Our very special Skyline event welcomed the fabulous Rock choir! #BTSCongress

Winner of our final award this evening is a very special award which is awarded to two very worthy recipients for ‘Exceptional Service’- Surgeon Majid Mukadam and Specialist Nurse Sylvia Crump who are both retiring #BTSCongress

Our joint winners of the ‘Unsung Hero’ award is Gill Drisma and the Coventry Physio team. Sadly Gill can’t join us tonight to collect her award. #BTSCongress

Winner of ‘Exceptional Organ Donation Committee’ is Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust #BTSCongress

Winner of ‘Excellence in Innovation and Research’ is Kathryn Puxty #BTSCongress

Winner of our brand new category ‘Excellence in Organ Utilisation’ is Diana Garcia Saez #BTSCongress

Winner of the ‘Exceptional Volunteer’ is Vice-Chairman of the Donor Family network, Jim Fallow #BTSCongress