The BSBMTCT presently has 49 members across United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (ROI) performing transplantation and cellular therapy.

Our activities are focussed on the development, education, and improvement in outcomes for patients undergoing blood and marrow stem cell transplants and cellular therapy.

These can be broadly divided into three main areas which include:

• Education of healthcare professionals, scientists, ancillary professionals and patients in all aspects of blood and marrow stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy

• Research into all aspects of blood and marrow stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy including the direct sponsorship of research as well as supporting and facilitating collaborative research. This work includes comprehensive outcomes data collection on all stem cell transplant and cellular therapy undertaken in the UK and ROI on an ongoing basis.

• Facilitating the ongoing development of stem cell transplant services and cellular therapy within the UK and ROI

The BSBMTCT registry holds over 90,000 registrations including transplant data and more recently data on cellular therapies.

Members of the BSBMTCT are centres with individuals active in the field of transplantation, and in the advancement of knowledge of the use of allogeneic or autologous haemopoietic stem cells and cellular therapy, in the treatment of leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other malignant disorders, non-malignant haematological disorders including aplastic anaemia and haemoglobinopathies and appropriate non haematological diseases.

Full Membership

Centres

Centre Members of the BSBMTCT are engaged in allogeneic or autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Centres that submit 100% essential data on the data collection forms (DCF)s annually are classed as the Society’s full members

Affiliate Membership

Individuals

Individual affiliate membership is available to people who are, or have been, actively engaged in allogeneic or autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation work or cellular therapy, or in the care of donors and donees. Individual affiliate members will possess a medical, research, nursing, or allied health professional degree, or equivalent and demonstrate an interest and/or expertise in stem cell transplantation, cellular therapy or other associated areas. This might include patients and their advocates, and students.

Types of membership, voting and annual fees

Table 1 displays the types of membership available within BSBMTCT, clarifying who is able to vote and annual fee levels.

Table 1. Types of membership, voting rights and fees

The Society reserves the right to open up voting, on certain matters, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees or Executive Committee, to all individuals who are a part of member centres.

Membership benefits for Centres with full membership

Advocacy & Representation

•  National advocacy on behalf of transplant and cellular therapy professionals, ensuring the interests of centres and patients are represented and protected.
• Acting as the primary liaison with EBMT, NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales commissioners, and other key organisations.
• Representation on our Executive Committee from the devolved nations.

Registry & Data Services

• Ongoing development of the BSBMTCT Registry, including planning for a new bespoke UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI) registry.
• Annual Executive Summary of UK and ROI transplant and cellular therapy outcomes.
• Annual Centre‑level benchmarking reports comparing activity and outcomes across the BSBMTCT,  including post-delivery support and analysis of further data if required.
• Ad hoc registry reports for individual centres.
• Data entry support for centres with limited or no data management capacity (HSCT, CT).

Education, Training & Professional Development

• Access to high‑quality education and knowledge‑sharing through our Scientific Day (Spring), Advanced Cellular Therapy Showcase (Summer), and Educational Day (Autumn).
• Monthly bulletins and Society communications.
• Free annual training days for data management staff (all expenses paid), plus training materials and ongoing support.
• Free annual training dedicated e-learning platform for Data Management Staff and Quality Management staff (IM).
• Access to BSBMTCT grants for early career grade staff to enable their attendance at EBMT congress each year.
• Bi-annual data management newsletters.

Governance & Leadership

• Voting rights in BSBMTCT elections for President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Sub‑Committee Chairs.
• Eligibility for staff to stand for Executive Committee and Sub‑Committee roles.
• Access to the Clinical Trials Committee, including the ability to submit proposals for retrospective studies and surveys, with registry and statistical support.   

Membership benefits for affiliate members

• Access to bi-annual meetings including the Scientific Day (Spring) and Educational Day (Autumn)
• Monthly bulletins and other Society communications

Annual fees are invoiced in April each year and the invoice is sent to Programme Directors at each centre (including Finance department if known) for payment.