The BSBMTCT presently has 50 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 83,000 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% MED-A data annually are classed as the Society’s full members

Affiliate Membership

Organisations

Organisations interested in or committed to the care of stem cell donors and donees, as a patient association or support organisation may join the Society as affiliate members.

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

• An unlimited number of team members
• Vote in the BSBMTCT elections to the roles of President, Treasurer, Secretary and sub-committee Chairpersons
• Access to bi-annual meetings including the Scientific Day (Spring) and Educational Day (Autumn)
• Monthly bulletins and other Society communications
• Eligibility to apply to become a member of the Executive Committee and other Sub-Committees
•  Access to annual BSBMTCT Executive Summary of Transplant and Cellular Therapy Outcomes in UK and ROI
• Annual BSBMTCT Centre report comparison against rest of the BSBMTCT
• Training and support on using the database for transplant and Cellular Therapy data entry and reporting (ProMISe), available to all staff members including post training/refresher training
• Ad hoc reports request from the registry for individual centres
• Data Entry support for centres with little or no data management support (HSCT, CT, HLA data)
• Act as main liaison for EBMT, NHSE, other commissioners and other organisations
• Access to Clinical Trials Committee – any centre is able to submit proposals for retrospective studies and surveys and gain registry support in running studies including statistical support
• Provision of free specific training days to data management staff and equivalents (all expenses paid), as well as training material and support to DM group

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.