ANNUAL REPORT2018

President’s Report25th September 2018

Francesco Cappuccio

Executive Committee

• Franco Cappuccio – President• Una Martin – Vice President• Christian Delles – Treasurer• Carmel McEniery – Secretary • Chris Clark• Adam Greenstein• Paul Robinson• Wayne Sunman• James Sheppard – Young Investigator Rep

• Young Investigator Network – New Exec Rep

• Irish Network

• Journal of Human Hypertension

• Educational Programmes – Omron, PHFI, Malawi

• National CVD Prevention Leadership Forum

Overview 2017-18

Thanks• Paul Robinson and Wayne Sunman–

Outgoing Ordinary Members• All Executive Committee and

Working Party members• In Conference• Jackie Howarth

Treasurer’s Report25th September 2018

Christian Delles

Introduction

• Accounts & The Trustees’ Report are available in the members section of the BIHS website

• Accounts & The Trustees’ Report will be sent to the Charities Commission

Accounts: 2017 – Financial ActivitiesIncoming resources

Donations £2,218

Activities £123,158

Interest £19,905

£145,281

Resources expended

Charitable activities £180,544

Net gains on investments £34,876

Net incoming resources (387)

Other gains or losses 540

Funds b/f £607,292

Funds c/f £607,445

Accounts: 2017 – Financial Activities

Fixed assets £466

Current assets £34,123

Deposits £572,913

Cash £31,852

£638,888

Creditors/Liabilities (£31,909)

Net current assets £606,979

Net assets £607,445

Accumulated funds £607,445

Bank AccountsClosing Balance 2017 As at 1st September 2018

TSB Treasurers Account £10,494 £12,413

COIF Charities Deposit Fund £473,544 £482,593

TSB Interest Deposit £99,369 £94,401

Bank of Scotland Business Account

£3,954 £61,882

Bank of Scotland Euro Account (converted to sterling as at exchange rate 31.12.2017 & 01.09.2018)

€19,591£17,408

€32,864£29,438

Total Assets £604,769 £680,727

Summary of Finance 2014-2017

2014 2015 2016 2017

Income £155,364 £167,332 £159,914 £145,281

Expenditure £169,584 £175,050 £179,613 £180,544

Investment & foreign exchange gain (loss)

(£1,697) £41,890 £35,416

Net Income profit (loss)

(£14,220) (£7,718) £22,191 £153

Fund c/f £594,516 £585,101 £607,292 £607,445

BIHS INCOME 2014 -2017

2014 2015 2016 2017

Donations £30,035 £1,407 £24,545 £2,218

Membership £17,392 £15,230 £13,686 £12,317

Validation Studies £4,000 £11,000

EducationalProjects

£102,160 £101,265 £70,540 £81,841

Derivative Devices £8,000 £5,500 £5,500

OMRON £15,000 £15,000 £15,000

PHFI £15,000 £8,500

Interest £1,777 £15,430 £15,643 £19,905

Total Income £155,364 £167,332 £159,914 £145,281

CCLA INCOME 2015/2016/2017/2018

• COIF income 2015 £15,270.21

• COIF income 2016 £15,416.84

• COIF income 2017 £15,919.57

• COIF income 2018 to date £12,400.50

CCLA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD

Secretary’s Report 25th September 2018

Carmel McEniery

BIHS ORDINARY MEMBERS REPBALLOT

BIHS Members are asked to vote on the new Ordinary Members who would be elected on to the BIHS Executive Committee

The nominees are

Mark Glover Abdul - Majeed SalmasiChakravarthi Rajkumar

Constitution Changes

26. Young Investigator Network

i) A Young Investigator is defined as an undergraduate or postgraduate student or employed in a

training-grade post up to and including specialist registrar level or at early career researcher level, or

equivalent, as deemed appropriate by the Executive Committee

ii) The Network will be led by the Young Investigator representative on the Executive Committee who shall chair an organisational group of up to four members a Working Party

iii) A meeting of the Network shall be held annually, usually to coincide with the Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, to encourage participation of younger members in the Society’s activities

iv) A report from the Network Working Party should be presented at every Executive Committee meeting by the Young Investigator representative

27. Any profit BIHS makes from supplies of education can only be used in the course or furtherance of providing education, and; it does in practice only use any profit for the course/furtherance of education.

Current Members: 283• 185 Ordinary/Senior • 11 Associate Members• 4 Honorary Fellows• 25 Honorary Members• 53 Fellows • 5 Overseas Affiliate Members

BIHS Membership

Since the last Business Meeting:19 Non-renewals, 4 Resignations Membership Applications:23 new membership applications, Sept 17-Sept 18

2018 BIHS ASM Attendance (as at 19.09.18)

Total Delegates & Speakers 182• Members 113

• Non Members 69

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Including Complimentary( 29 = Exhibitors/sponsors, 6 = Student Helpers)

Total Attendees 217

BIHS Meeting Attendance Since 2011

2017: 183 – 109 members, 74 guests2016: 151 – 95 members, 70 guests2015: 178 – 115 members, 63 guests 2014: 240 – 167 members, 73 guests 2013: 172 – 105 members, 51 guests2012: 160 – 97 members, 63 guests2011: 209 – 120 members, 89 guests

BIHS ASM 2018Abstract Submissions

Total Number of Abstracts Submitted 71_________

• Total Number of Accepted Orals 17• Total Number of Accepted Posters 54• Total Number of Rejected Abstracts 0_________

• Total Number of Withdrawn Abstracts 2

BIHS Abstract Submissions since 2011 2017: 67 submissions (67 accepted – 18 orals, 44 posters)2016: 54 submissions (54 accepted – 20 orals, 33 posters)2015: 56 submissions (55 accepted - 11 orals, 44 posters)2014: 60 submissions (58 accepted – 19 orals, 40 posters)2013: 43 submissions (41 accepted – 24 orals, 17 posters)2012: 46 submissions (46 accepted – 27 orals, 19 posters)2011: 59 submissions (52 accepted – 20 orals, 32 posters)

Guidelines & Information Service Working Party

Chair: Franco Cappuccio (Exec Rep)

Working Party Members:

Adrian Brady, Neil Poulter, Morris Brown, John Potter, Terry McCormack, Peter Sever,

Gordon McInnes, Wayne Sunman, Gary McVeigh, Bryan Williams, Michaela Nuttall (Nurse Rep)

Administration: Jackie Howarth (Lay Rep)

Guidelines• NICE Hypertension in Adults Guideline Update

o BIHS members on GDG: Tony Wierzbicki (Chair), Terry McCormack, Richard McManus, Liz Denver, Judith Magowan, Mark Glover, Bryan Williams, Alison Warren

o Publication date 22 August 2019 (possibly postpone to September 2019)o Clinical Guidelines symposium in ASM programme

• BIHS is a registered stakeholder in all Cardiovascular related guidelines and is invited to comment on any updates

• Tony Heagerty is representing BIHS in a Heart UK statement on CV Risk Management after Bariatric Surgery

• Joint UK Committee on Renal Denervation re-sitting (October 2018 – led by Mel Lobo)

Communications• Communication amongst WP members is maintained by email

• General Newsletters to members are sent by email with interim notifications of anything important

• Social media – Twitter and Facebook are used to make announcements and feed live information from the Annual Scientific Meeting

• Latest news and commentary is added to the website

Journal of Human Hypertension• Official Journal of BIHS

• Online issue free of charge to members. Hard copy £20 per month extra

• Contra deal with abstract publishing costing BIHS £2,000 p.a.

• Publication of BIHS Statements & submitted papers

• Page on JHH website to promote BIHS

• Use of space in the journal for advertising ASM etc

BIHS at Large• Public Health England – BIHS was invited to participate in the exhibition

at the PHE National Health Check conference in London, February 2018. The 2019 conference will be held in Manchester and we will be there!

• British Journal of Primary Care Nursing– BIHS Stand at the Issues & Answers Annual Meeting, Nottingham, November 2018.

- Reciprocal agreement for meeting promotion

Blood Pressure MeasurementWorking Party

Chair: Richard McManus

Working Party Members:

Neil Chapman, Chris Clark (Exec Rep), Phil Chowienczyk, Liz Denver (Nurse Rep), Peter Lacy,

Philip Lewis, Una Martin, Annette Neary, James Sheppard (YI Rep)

Administration: Jackie Howarth

Communications

• Communication amongst WP members is maintained regularly by email

• Teleconferences:

• 12 January 2018• 18 May 2018

• Meeting: Monday, 24 September 2018

BP Monitor Validation• BIHS Validation Service – Follow-up on several recent enquiries is awaited

• AAMI/ISO/ESH validation protocol Amalgamation. A draft has been

circulated for consultation. Publication expected early 2019

Publications

• Letter published in Blood Pressure Monitoring Journal re protocol violations in

reporting of blood pressure monitor validation studies

• Support for Young Investigators in writing up successful BIHS validation studies for

publication

• Opportunities with the Journal of Human Hypertension for publishing BIHS

statements and resources

BP Measurement Resources

• Statement on Diagnosis of Hypertension in Obese Patients added to the website

• Manual BP measurement tutorials updated and added to the website

• Statements in development and awaiting JHH publication

• Atrial Fibrillation – Chris Clark

• BP Measurement in the Leg – Una Martin & James Sheppard

• How Oscillometric BP monitors work – Philip Lewis

• Invitation from The Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute (MTPPI, USA) to

collaborate on an update of their 1986 ABPM Report. Further details awaited

Educational ProgrammesWorking Party

Incoming Chair (Sept 2018): Mike Okorie

Working Party Members:

Christian Delles, Vikas Kapil, Linsay McCallum, Carmel McEniery (Exec Rep),

Sandosh Padmanabhan, Niko Tzemos

Administration: Jackie Howarth

• Communication amongst WP members is maintained by email

• Notices advertising study days are sent in BIHS Newsletters by email

Communications

• Participation at the ESH Summer School programme in September 2018

• Successful BIHS symposium at the BCS Conference in June 2018

• BIHS Endorsed: Hypertension in Primary Care: A team approach – Three meetings

for PC Healthcare professionals in Exeter (28 Sept), Barnstaple (8 Oct) and Torquay

(23 Nov). Organised by Judith Magowan

• BIHS session at the BJPCN Issues & Answers Meeting, Nottingham 17 November

• Primary Care Meeting – RCGP, London – planned for 15 May 2018 was cancelled

due to insufficient delegates

• The annual RCP, London meeting and the MSc course in Birmingham have not run

this year but will hopefully resume in 2019

• Future programme planning

2018 Educational Programmes

• Omron Academy – led by Naomi Stetson and Franco Cappuccio.

Presentation in the ASM programme

• Public Health Foundation of India – Certificate Course in

Management of Hypertension, Cycle II recently completed. Roll out

to Africa and Afghanistan

• Malawi – supporting nurses education and Masters

Outreach Programmes

• BIHS members survey on educational activities – Sept 2018

• Refresh membership – Nov 2018

• Review education working party ToR and make recommendation to executive – Dec 2018

• Appoint BIHS Teaching and Learning Ambassadors to facilitate updates for healthcare professionals in

UK and Ireland. Focus on primary care – Jan 2019

• Review of outreach programmes – March 2019

• Embrace other methods of teaching and learning (including e-learning) – Ongoing

• Promote greater teaching and learning collaboration with other learned societies – Ongoing

The Future

Research NetworkWorking Party

Chair: Christian Delles

Working Party Members:Chris Clark, Franco Cappuccio, Indranil Dasgupta, Mark Glover, Paul Leeson, Isla Mackenzie,

Carmel McEniery, Tom MacDonald, Una Martin, Paul Robinson

Administration: Jackie Howarth

Meetings

• 15 November 2017 Teleconference

• 6 March 2018, Birmingham University

• 6 June 2018, Teleconference

• Wednesday 26 September, Robinson College, Cambridge

Existing / Ongoing Research• TIME – Morning vs Evening dosing. Tom MacDonald is the PI

• PATHWAY 4 – New studies following on from results from the PATHWAY (1-3) project

• Fibromuscular Dysplasia Registry - The main priority is to recruit any patient with FMD into the national rare renal disease (RADAR) portfolio

• TRIPOD – Dementia Study led by Tony Heagerty

• DROP – Detecting Risks of Postural Hypotension. Chris Clark’s NHR stage 2 application for an interventional study is pending

• MATCH - Comparing ability of diagnostic testing with 11C - metomidate PET-CT and adrenal venous sampling. The study is led by Morris Brown

• AIM-HY – Ancestry and Biological Informative Markers in the stratification of hypertension. Phil Chowienczyk is recruiting for this study

New Research Initiatives

• Research topics that would benefit from a collaborative approach are invited

• Support is available for BIHS endorsement of studies

• Seed-corn funding or small research grants for pilot studies may be applied for

BHF Cardiovascular Coalition• Aim: Providing a forum for a collaboration between national societies with

an interest in Cardiovascular Disease

• Consideration of ‘Networks of Excellence’ to establish cardiovascular research priorities

• An application to the BHF for funding to set up an infrastructure to support administration is pending

Nurses/AHPWorking Party

Chair: Joanne Loades

Working Party Members:

Jill Bunker, Alison Phinn, Rosemary Fernandez, Michaela Nuttall,

Paul Robinson (Exec Rep), Naomi Stetson

Administration: Jackie Howarth

Meetings• 8 December 2017

• 1 June 2018

• 26 October 2018

• Nurse/AHP reps on other Working Parties are invited to join a group meeting once a year

Annual Scientific Meeting• Difficulties for nurses/AHPs to attend

• Bursaries available for those not able to obtain funding for registration fees – 4 this year

• Meet & Greet during Tuesday morning coffee break

• Encouragement to nurses to submit abstracts – Award

• Encouragement to nurses to join the Society and become involved

Educational Programmes• Taking training to nurses on site via CCG protected learning time

• Slide sets in development for teaching a half-day session

• Catriona Murphy has run successful study days in Dublin and Cork, Ireland

• Euro HeartCare Conference - Dublin, 7-9 June 2018

• BIHS symposium and exhibition stand at the BJPCN Issues & Answers meeting 16-17 November 2018

Resources• Nurse Competencies in Hypertension

• A Revalidation Summary is in development

Malawi• Nurse, Lucia Mbulaje, funded by BIHS for 4 days a

month in Malawi

• More equipment, donated by A&D is being shipped out

for use in rural clinics

• Lucia has been accepted for an MSc programme in

Malawi, funded by BIHS, commencing September

Young Investigator Network Working PartyChair: James Sheppard (Exec Rep)

Working Party Members:

Rachael Climie, Luca Faconti, Claire Schwartz,

Helen Warren, Kate Witkowska

Administration: Jackie Howarth

Meetings• Meeting 11 October 2017

• Skype Meeting 1 February 2018

• Meeting 16 April 2018, London

• Teleconference 29 August 2018

Annual Scientific Meeting• YI session on Monday morning now established

o Aims to advise on career development, networking and benefits of BIHS membershipo Networking session promotes inclusion & breaks the ice early on in the meeting

• Successful Poster Storm now in its third year

• Bursaries for registration and dinner subsidies allow YIs to attend the meeting and collect prizes!

• Membership/information station

Activities & Aims• Mentoring Scheme

• Communications strategy

• To attract new members to the BIHS

• Networking with ISH and ESH

• Exchange programme

• BIHS You Tube content

• Research opportunities (seed-corn funding)

Irish Working Party

Chair: Adrian Brady

Working Party Members:

John Cox, Eamon Dolan, Una Martin, Terry McCormack, Catriona Murphy,

Annette Neary, Alice Stanton

Aims & Objectives

• To develop Terms of Reference for the Working Party

• To strengthen and develop practice and research in High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in Ireland

• To encourage colleagues in Northern Ireland to engage

• To develop further hypertension training programmes in Ireland

• To engage with Young Investigators

• To raise the profile of the BIHS in Ireland to encourage membership and attendance at the Annual Scientific Meeting

Education

• Afternoon/evening training session for GPs, 29 November 2017, Dun Laoghaire

• Full day training session for nurses/AHP, 30 November 2017, Dun Laoghaire

• Study day for Nurses/AHPs, 26 April 2018, Cork

• Workshop planned for Clinicians on 17 November 2018, Athlone