Purpose
The British Transplantation Society Standards Committee is responsible for commissioning and writing new standards in transplantation, reviewing existing standards and working with experts in the field.
Role and responsibilities
• Establishing a review process for existing BTS standards
• Identifying areas of transplantation where standards are required
• Commissioning/writing of new standards
• Agree method for determining best practice and evidence base
• Collaborating with relevant experts and partner organizations
• Producing a rolling work plan
• Ensuring BTS executive sign off of all guideline documents
• Work with the executive, secretariat and web manager to agree a publication strategy
Membership
• The committee will consist of four members elected by the society in a free ballot. This will be organised by the Electoral Reform Services to coincide with all the other elections of the BTS. As this is a new committee, three members will be initially elected to join Chas Newstead as chair; two members for three years and one member for two years. Chas Newstead will stand down after one year. After that the tenure of membership shall be three years from the next BTS annual congress. Therefore, in every four year cycle, there will be 3 years with one vacant seat for election and one year with 2 seats. Members shall be eligible for re-election for a further 3 year term.
• After the first year the committee will choose the chair from amongst the elected members by single transferable vote organised by the outgoing chair person at least 6 months before he or she retires. Potential candidates can self nominate for the position. The chair shall have tenure for three years commencing from the date of the next AGM of the BTS at the annual congress. He or she will not be eligible for re-election for a period of three years. Therefore, the committee will have either 4 or 5 members, including the chair, at any one time, depending on the seniority of the chair when he or she was elected.
• The committee shall have the power to co-opt up to 2 other members as appropriate from the BTS membership or outside the membership to represent relevant interests and if specialist advice is required. Members may also be co-opted such as to recognise the broad representative balance of specialist interests of the society. If the committee wishes to co-opt more than two other members, this should first be approved by Council.
• Members will be required to complete an annual Declaration of Interests
• The committee will meet at least three times per year and report on its activities to the Executive and Council of the BTS through the chair. A written report should be produced for each meeting of Council, which should include activity for each of the ‘Roles and Responsibilities' as listed above. Authorized meeting notes shall be kept in the Members Only area of the website.
These terms of reference shall be reviewed after three years.
