Plans are well advanced for the first ever shared platform in February, bringing together members of BAA, BSHAA and BSA – a tangible recognition that the hearing care sector is more powerful when we pull together than when we protect our own silos.
Come May and BSHAA will be working in partnership with BIHIMA to deliver a conference, exhibition and education programme drawing on the talents and resources of both the manufacturers and the professional body in new ways.
Closer to home, in one of the highest election turnouts in the Society’s recent history, members chose Andrew Coulter as the Society’s first Vice President to be appointed directly by members, rather than previous appointments to this important post being made behind closed doors.
The Society has been actively involved in seizing the opportunities to break down the barriers within the sector, at the same time as we have been raising the stakes in the policy arena.