The Trade Unions and Special Interest Groups

            The Nature Of Professional Bodies, Trade Unions and special.

             Interest Groups.

             In the United Kingdom and Ireland there are many professional.

             bodies, trade unions and special interest groups around each specific and.

             unique in its own way. In general professional bodies take care of .

             maintaining a high standard of professional qualification and practice, Trade.

             unions represent individual members protecting their rights at work. Special.

             interest groups promote issues within its boundaries.

             Within biomedical science the professional body is The Institute of.

             Biomedical Science (IBMS) and the Manufacturing Science Finance (MSF).

             is the trade union. There are many special interest groups. Some of which.

             are The British Society for Clinical Cytology (BSCC) and The British Society.

             for Microbial Technology (BSMT). These are the organizations I will be.

             looking into and finding out what they are, their main purposes for their.

             members as well as comparing then against each other.

             The institute of biomedical science (IBMS) was founded in 1912 and.

             has been registered a charity. It used to be called the Institute of Medical.

             Laboratory Sciences but was changed in January 1994. It is the professional.

             body for biomedical scientists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is.

             available to all biomedical scientists in all fields of work. Most of its.

             members live and work in the Uk and Ireland but some others are employed.

             abroad. In all IBMS has around 15,000 members.

             IBMS aims.

             "to promote and develop biomedical science and its practitioners, to.

             establish and maintain professional standards and to be the influential.

             professional body in biomedical science".(1) .

             To do this the institutes most important purpose is that it represents.

             the profession in meetings. These meetings are held with a variety of.

             people, employers, course organizers, educational and scientific authorities,.

             government departments and with other professional bodies and influential.

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