Under the guidance of current BESS (British Elbow and Shoulder Society) Mr Peter Brownson, three Surgeon members and one AHP member will travel to India next month as part of the Copeland fellowship, an initiative set up in memory of a founding member of BESS, Mr Steve Copeland.

The inaugural visit took place in October 2016 to South Africa where President at the time Mr Michael Thomas was joined by Mr Chris Peach and Miss Val Jones.

In Delhi, the fellows will take part in a combined meeting with the International Society for Knowledge for Surgeons on Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty (ISKSAA). The theme of this meeting will be sports injuries and trauma of the shoulder and elbow. In Pune, the fellows will take part in a meeting organised by the Shoulder and Elbow Society of India (SESI). The theme will be arthroplasty of the shoulder and elbow.