Welcome to the new website of BESS, the British Elbow & Shoulder Society

BESS exists to promote innovation in teaching, learning and research, so it may specifically advance education in shoulder and elbow surgery and develop the discipline further.



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Thank you to all our members, delegates and exhibitors for your contribution to our annual meeting held in Coventry in June 2017. We hope you will be joining us in Glasgow in 2018