Medical
BF’s Medical Officer, Dr Clare Halsted
The MO’s responsibilities include collating and reporting on injury reports; ensuring appropriate levels of first aid cover for BF competitions; public health issues related to fencing activities in the UK; providing advice on fencing with certain medical conditions; liaising with MOs from other sports. The MO is a member of the BF Medical Committee, the BF Safety Committee and reports to the CEO.
Accident, Injury or ‘Near Miss’ Reporting
Keeping records of fencing-related accidents, injuries and near misses contributes to the regular assessments done by the Medical Committee and the Safety Committee.
Injuries or near misses to do with weapons or protective clothing are especially important but all reports are helpful.
The Accident and Injury Report Form can be completed online here. Please complete as much information as possible.
Your report will be dealt with in confidence by a member of the BF Medical Committee and anonymised data will be passed onto the Safety Committee.
In this section
- Anti-Doping - CPD for Coaches UK Anti-Doping, Sports Coach UK and Coachwise Ltd have been working in partnership to develop ‘Coach Clean’, an interactive e-learning programme designed for Level 2 Coaches.
- Anti-Doping - Useful Links and Resources 100% me Elite Athlete Clean Sport App for Smartphones
- Managing Inadvertent Doping Risks All banned substances and methods in Code-compliant sports are outlined in the Prohibited List, which is updated at the beginning of every calendar year, but may also be updated throughout the year. The latest Prohibited List can be found on the WADA website [wada-ama.org]
- Protect Your Sport Protecting clean sport depends on everyone in sport playing their part to maintain a level playing field. We know we can’t do it alone. It takes a team.
Last updated 1 Mar 2023