The UK Pleural Society.

Abstract

With over 65 separate conditions affecting the pleura it is clear that pleural disease contributes hugely to the workload of respiratory physicians, who increasingly recognize pleural disease as a sub-specialty in its own right. There is therefore a need within the UK respiratory community to not only promote the understanding of pleural disease through education for growing numbers of specialists, but to facilitate high quality research focused on patient outcomes. The UK Pleural Society aims to address these needs.