Membership Categories
Browse the categories below to see what which BCS membership category suits you best.
All BCS Memberships are an annual subscription. By joining BCS as a member, you agree to purchase a recurring annual membership subscription.
Your membership starts once your application is approved. We will take your payment details during the application stage, but we will not charge you until your application is approved.
Membership automatically renews every year unless cancelled. You can cancel through your member account at any time, or by emailing [email protected].
Please note: Members have a 14-day cooling-off period after joining, however membership fees paid after the cooling-off period are non-refundable.
For consultant cardiologists, Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors and nurses, physiologists, basic scientists and General Practitioners with a special interest in cardiology.
Ordinary Introductory Offer
This offer is for all new members joining as Ordinary member, it costs £220 for the first year – a 40% saving. This discount will be applied during the application process for Ordinary membership.
Ordinary
- Free early bird registration to the BCS conference
- Reduced fees for all BCS courses
- Free access to our online educational materials and publications
- Eligibility to stand and/or nominate candidates for any BCS position and to vote
- Access to Heart, ESC textbooks and the JACC
Our newly launched SAS Doctor Ordinary membership is for SAS, Specialty and Specialist doctors only. It offers all the same great benefits as Ordinary Membership for only £220 per year – a 40% saving.
SAS Doctor Ordinary
- Free early bird registration to the BCS conference
- Reduced fees for all BCS courses
- Free access to our online educational materials and publications
- Eligibility to stand and/or nominate candidates for any BCS position and to vote
- Access to Heart, ESC textbooks and the JACC
For cardiology resident doctors at any level who are already members of British Junior Cardiologists’ Association (BJCA).
BJCA membership is free – apply here.
This membership is for the duration of your cardiology training, upon CCT you are eligible and required to upgrade your membership to Ordinary member.
Associate BJCA
- Free early bird registration to the BCS conference
- Reduced fees for all BCS courses
- Free access to our online educational materials and publications
- Eligibility to vote in BCS elections
- Access to exclusive content in the Digital Knowledge Hub
For members of a BCS affiliated societies who are not consultants cardiologists, cardiologists in training or SAS doctors in cardiology.
Affiliate
- Reduced admission to the BCS conference
- Reduced fees for all BCS courses
- Free access to our online educational materials and publications
- Access to the BCS Mentoring Scheme
- Opportunities to engage with the work of the BCS
For consultant cardiologists and trainees living and working outside the UK.
International
- Reduced admission to the BCS conference
- Reduced fees for all BCS courses
- Free access to our online educational materials and publications
- Access to Heart and JACC
- Opportunities to engage with the work of the BCS
BCS Membership Rules, Code of Conduct and Terms & Conditions
We expect all of our members to abide by our membership rules, code of conduct and agree to our T&C’s.
