Why join the BCS?
Affiliate Membership
BCS membership offers a wide range of opportunities for those working in the field of cardiology and provides you with the tools to develop and grow as a professional, while keeping up to date with the most recent developments in the profession.
As a member you’ll get access to:
- reduced admission to our 3-day Annual Conference in Manchester, England
- reduced fees on all our high-quality educational courses
- free access to our online educational materials and publications
- access to Heart and Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC)
- opportunities to engage with the work of BCS
Affiliate Membership costs £60 per year.
*For members of BCS affiliated societies who are not consultants. View a full list of our affiliate societies here.
Educational courses for you
General Medicine for Cardiologists: Frontlines and Frontiers
Date: Monday 27 April 2026
Location: Royal College of Physicians, London
Cost: £100 for BCS Associate BJCA Members | £205 for all other BCS members | £440 for non-members
This one day national face-to-face course will aim to equip cardiologists and trainees with the knowledge and skills for pertinent general medical and cardiometabolic issues that they will face as part of their clinical practice.
Women in Cardiology (WiC)
The BCS is committed to increasing the number of women training in cardiology and to support women cardiologists already working within the specialty.
We want to champion changes, address gender inequality in working practice, and create a community of female cardiology resident doctors and consultants across the UK.
WiC leads on this work, providing articles and insights to help women in the profession, sharing personal accounts from cardiologists working flexibly and holding events to help women network, learn and share support.
Digital Knowledge Hub (DKH)
The DKH is a one-stop location for the cardiology community to access bite-sized, reliable, high-quality educational content that supports training, clinical care, education and personal and professional development.
The content also features recorded sessions from our 2025 Annual Conference as well as recordings from our webinar series.
All content is free to access but some requires users to register and sign in to view.
Guidelines, policy and advocacy work
As the professional body for UK cardiovascular medicine, the BCS produces clinical standards and statements on aspects of care, often in partnership with one or more affiliated society.
We also endorse the guidelines produced by the ESC.
Our Clinical Standards Committee leads on this work and also advises on regulatory matters affecting cardiovascular healthcare in the UK, supporting members’ professional clinical practice.
BCS Strategy 2025-27
We launched our new Strategy earlier this year and at the heart of it is a clear and ambitious vision: to improve cardiovascular health and care through leadership, education and clinical excellence.