After four decades of support for endocrinology, the Clinical Endocrinology Trust is adopting a new name, to give greater recognition to Clinical Endocrinology, the well known journal behind the Trust’s success.

A SOURCE OF SUPPORT

Clinical Endocrinology is the official clinical journal of the Society for Endocrinology in the UK and of the Endocrine Society of Australia. The journal works closely with both societies and publishes papers, reviews, commentaries and correspondence which focus on clinical endocrinology practice and science.

The Clinical Endocrinology Trust (CET) was established in 1983, and has supported the activity of mainstream endocrinology in the UK and beyond over the last four decades. It has had ongoing, independent financial support from the journal Clinical Endocrinology. This arrangement was originally agreed by the publisher Blackwells, and more recently by Wiley.

We have been surprised how few people realise that the CET has, over the years, been supported by the journal Clinical Endocrinology. People have assumed that it is just a trust which supports clinical activity in the field.

TIME FOR CHANGE

Certainly, in recent years, the journal Clinical Endocrinology has thus not received due recognition for its generous, unattributed and independent funding of the Trust and consequent support for activity in endocrinology. In addition, Trust activity has been quiet with COVID and recent reduced opportunities. For all these reasons, and with a new committee appointed, a decision has been made to rebrand and develop the Trust.

After some debate, it has been decided that the new name will be the Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation. The remit of the Foundation will be ‘to promote clinical endocrinology by supporting research, audit and teaching’, which includes quality improvement. The Foundation will continue to be supported by an unattributed award from the journal, and will continue to act independently.

ONGOING SUPPORT FOR ENDOCRINOLOGY

The Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation will continue to support education, research, audit and other activities for the betterment of endocrinology and patient care.

The Foundation will still support the Visiting Professor to the British Endocrine Societies. This is a wonderful opportunity for many centres across the UK to hear, first-hand, the knowledge and wisdom of an independent expert. The Foundation will also continue to support an invited speaker at the Society for Endocrinology BES conference, as well as the speaker who delivers the British Thyroid Association Pitt-Rivers Lecture at the same conference.

The Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation will give the SfE Skills Academy ongoing financial assistance, as many clinicians worldwide benefit from this. It will also continue to support a lecture at the European Congress of Endocrinology.

Moreover, options for re-establishing other activities, such as small grant schemes, as well as for developing novel exciting opportunities, are currently being explored and will be advertised in due course in The Endocrinologist and elsewhere.

Graham Leese, John Newell-Price and Helena Gleeson
Trustees, Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation

Clinical Endocrinology is an official journal of the Society that publishes articles on clinical aspects of endocrinology. Society members can access the journal free of charge online either via the app or by logging in to the Members’ Area on the website.