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Milestones and achievements over the past 75 years
from Issue 40
BSACI is 75 years old, and since its inception many changes and achievements have occurred in the field of allergy. A timeline of these are listed below.
1948 - 1950
1948 The first meeting of the society took place on 24th January 1948 at St Marys Hospital, London. Over 40 people attended, and the British Association of Allergists was formed. Dr William Frankland was Secretary.
1961 - 1970
1969 The journal, Clinical Allergy was started with Professor Jack Pepys as editor which became Clinical and Experimental Allergy in 1989
1969 The society’s name changed to the British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology
1962 The Association changed its name to the British Allergy Society and became recognised as a charity
1981 - 1990
1951 - 1960
1959 The society hosted the 4th European Congress of Allergy in London
1957 Blair Macaulay became President
1954 Bruce Pearson became President
1953 At a two-day meeting at St Mary’s Hospital, London, there was a clinical pathological discussion on a case of asthma
1951 D A Williams became President
1971 - 1980
1975 The society arranged a European Congress of Allergy in London
1975 Dr Monica McAllen became President and introduced the first 3 day meeting which took place in Manchester
1990 Stephen Holgate took over President in 1990 and the first Jack Pepys Lecture was given by Professor R Coombs
1990 Led by Robert Davies, Barry Kay and Stephen Holgate there was a scientific meeting over three days in Edinburgh with abstracts published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy (CEA)
1989 Meeting in Edinburgh
1989 The format and name of the journal was changed and the newly named Clinical and Experimental Allergy included editorials, reports of meetings, review articles and scientific abstracts
1988 Robert Davies and John Warner planned the meeting which took place in Montpellier, linked with the French equivalent Society
1987 Robert Davies was made President and a joint meeting was held with the French Allergy Society in Montpellier
1991 - 2000
2000 Annual Meeting in Nottingham
1999 Joint meeting with BSI in Harrogate
1998 BSACI became a registered charity
1998 BSACI/EAACI joint meeting in Birmingham
1997 Meeting in Nottingham
1994 Meeting in London
1993 Meeting in Nottingham
1990 Meeting in Glasgow
UK Fatal Anaphylaxis Registry (UK FAR) was founded by Richard Pumphrey in the early 1990s
2011 - 2020
2001 - 2010
June 2010 EAACI and BSACI conference at Excel London with over 8,000 delgates (one of the largest allergy conferences to take place)
2009 BSACI published Anaphylaxis during General Anaesthesia guideline
2009 BSACI published Drug Allergy guideline
2004-2008 Annual Meetings held in Loughborough
2001-2003 Annual Meetings held in Nottingham
2003 first issue of Allergy Update published
2002 BSI/BSACI Joint Conference in Harrogate
2001 Annual Meeting in Nottingham
2020 BSACI Annual Meeting took place online during the pandemic
2019 BSACI Registry for Immunotherapy (BRIT) was launched
2018 Spare Pens in Schools Website launched in partnership with Allergy UK, Anaphylaxis UK, RCPCH and Department of Health & Social Care
2017 BSACI Allergy Actions Plans for children were launched and an update published on the Immunotherapy for Allergic Rhinitis 2017 guideline
2017 BSACI published Peanut and Tree Nut Allergy guideline
2016 BSACI published Adrenaline Auto-Injector guideline
2014 BSACI published Cow’s Milk Allergy guideline
2015 BSACI published Beta-lactam / Penicillin Allergy guideline
2015 BSACI published Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema guideline
2011-2019 Annual Meetings held in Telford
2011 BSACI published Venom Allergy guideline
The BSACI has been a stalwart over the 30 years of my career. Their continually raising of standards and position papers has brought science based guidelines that one can be measured against. In addition, this professional network allows us to gain teaching, advice and appraisal by trusted colleagues. I thoroughly enjoyed submitting research, being a speaker particularly to the Allied Health groups and chairing at conference. All good experiences. We are very fortunate to have such a body as the BSACI. Retired BSACI member
2021 - present
Planning is underway for the next BSACI Global Allergy Online Symposium taking place in January 2024
Registration is open for the next BSACI Annual Conference in Harrogate in October 2023
2023 BSACI published the primary care Adrenaline Auto Injector Guidance
2023 The first BSACI Global Allergy Online Symposium took place
2022 BSACI published Pollen Food Syndrome/Oral Allergy guideline
2022 BSACI published the guideline Set-up of penicillin allergy de-labelling services by non-allergists working in a hospital setting
2022 WAO & BSACI UK Conference took place in Edinburgh
BSACI published the updated Egg Allergy guideline
2021 the National Allergy Education Strategy was launched
2021 the National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG) launched a report on Meeting the Challenges of the National Allergy Crisis at the Department of Health, Victoria
2021 BSACI Annual Conference took place in Harrogate
To read more about BSACI achievements over the decades, visit:www.bsaci.org/celebrating-75-years/ milestones-and-achievements-over-the-past-75-years/
Read the top cited articles in Clinical & Experimental Allergy, the official journal of BSACI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2222.top-cited-articles
