Why Join BSMS
 
Membership
 
Why join the British Society of Medical Secretaries?
Here are just some of the benefits of membership:
 
 
The BSMS is the only professional body solely for medical secretaries.
 
Membership includes a FREE subscription to the Journal of Medical Secretaries.
 
Discount on the BSMS Certificate in Medical Secretarial Studies course.
 
Access to a 24-hour legal Helpline.
 
Career and Salary & Professional Development - gain an insight into how your conditions compare with other medical secretaries.
 
The BSMS Annual Conference - a great chance to meet other med secs and attend educational workshops: members receive a discount.
 
Regional Groups and meetings - there could be one in your area.
 
Guidelines for medical secretaries.
 
Contact other members through our bulletin board.
   
Membership is open to all medical secretaries in NHS trust and private hospitals, general and private practice, research departments, commercial organisations or agency work, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies and other related commercial organisations. Full membership is open to all medical secretaries. Affiliate membership is available to those who are not medical secretaries but who wish to support the aims of the Society e.g. doctors, administrators.
Membership is not restricted to medical secretaries in Britain. The BSMS encourages medical secretaries in all countries to become members, although the benefits of membership may be reduced. One aim of the BSMS web site is to allow medical secretaries to set up local and international discussions through the chat room and within the Journal of Medical Secretaries.
 
Subscription Rates and Eligibility
 
Membership Type Membership Fee Eligibility
Full Member £42.00 per annum
For all medical secretaries.
     
Affiliate Member £30.00 per annum
For those who are not medical secretaries but who wish to support the aims of the Society
e.g. doctors, administrators, managers.
     
Retired Members £30.00 per annum
For all medical secretaries who have retired.
     
A reduced fee for corporate membership of £40 per member is available when 10 or more named members join en bloc. Libraries and non-members may subscribe at the annual price of £85.

To take advantage of this offer, you must submit your application by sending a cheque along with your details (inc. email address) to:
Anna Paton,
132 Mayfield Rd,
Edinburgh EH9 3AH

If you have any enquiries, please email: anna.paton@bsms.org.

Memberships will become due every twelve months from initial application. Payments may be made either online or offline through cheques or Standing Orders. Standing Orders can be paid either every twelve months, six months or monthly. A Standing Order form will be sent to you with your ‘‘Welcome Pack’’, or downloadable here.
 
 
 

Apply for membership of the British Society of Medical Secretaries, Online Now!!
 

If required, download the Standing Order form.

You can also download the membership form and post it to us at our address:

Anna Paton
132 Mayfield Rd
Edinburgh
EH9 3AH

Telephone/fax : 0131 466 0682
Email: anna.paton@bsms.org