The Inaugural Meeting of BASK was on the 30th October 1981 in the Tower Lecture Theatre in Guy’s Hospital, London. Discussions about forming the society began in May of that year in a meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine. Adrian Henry, who was a consultant at Guy’s Hospital co-ordinated the meetings and Paul Aichroth (Chelsea & Westminster) recorded the proceedings.
The first Officers were elected on the 7th December 1984 with Adrian Henry as the President, Tony Hall (Chelsea & Westminster) as Secretary, and Fred Heatley (St Thomas’) as Treasurer. Notepaper and logo were discussed and it was agreed to draw up a Constitution. The latter was approved subject to legal review on the 6th December 1985, the notepaper being approved in 1987 and the tie in 1988.
From October 1981 BASK has held regular meetings, from time-ti time with guest lecturers. The first eponymous lecture was in 1998 in memory of Lorden Trickey. The first Adrian Henry lecture was in 2012.