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THE LARGEST MULTIDISCIPLINARY SPORTS MEDICINE ORGANISATION IN THE UK

Offering full membership to medical practitioners and allied healthcare professionals that work, or have an interest in sport and exercise medicine.

Clean Sport Resources

With the support of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), we are providing these resources to support you when working with athletes around the subject of Clean Sport. Everyone has a duty to protect clean sport. As a medical professional, working or training as a sports doctor or physiotherapist for example, you are part of an athlete’s support network. The athlete depends on you for experience, direction and guidance. It is your duty of care to be able to respond appropriately.

Clean Sport Resources

Original Research, Reviews & Debates

Here are some helpful links for you to find information on clean sport, including UKAD’s eLearning courses, videos, key infographics and presentations. We hope that everyone can find information in a format suited to their learning preference

Video

Asthma inhalers and their anti-doping status in sport

Athletes with asthma often use inhalers to manage their symptoms. The anti-doping status of an inhaler depends on the medication it contains and the dose at which it is prescribed. Athletes should check the anti-doping status of their asthma medications regularly following these steps ...

UKAD

Why Clean Sport Matters

UKAD explains the importance of knowing your anti-doping responsibilities and what you need to know so you can support athletes and/or teams you work with. This includes links to register for UKAD’s eLearning, Introduction to Clean Sport.

Clean Sport Essentials

Roles and Responsibilities

Download UKAD’s Clean Sport Essentials guide to enhance your knowledge and confidence to support your athletes to compete clean.

Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)

Search, Check, Apply

Sports doctors are a critical part of ensuring athletes have a TUE in place for any medication which contains a prohibited substance, where applicable. Learn more on the steps involved in the TUE process with UKAD, including how to apply for a TUE.

Global DRO

Supporting Athletes

Medications, whether prescribed or bought directly over the counter, may contain prohibited substances. It is an athlete’s responsibility to check their medication before using it even if they have used it before. Learn how you can support athletes to do this.

Video

Reporting Doping

It takes a team to stop a drug cheat. If you think someone is cheating, tell UKAD. UKAD gather information from many places to help build up a picture and decide what to do. Learn how you can play your part by watching the video or simply search protect your sport.

Video

In Conversation

For Clean Sport Week 2023, Claire Lane, UKAD’s Clean Sport Education Officer, caught up with Professor Nicola Phillips OBE to discuss her experience as an Athlete Support Person. Nicola is an internationally registered Sports Physiotherapy specialist and a Professor at Cardiff University.

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The Testing Process

Testing is one of the essential components protecting clean sport. Familiarise yourself with the testing process and consider how your role as a potential representative accompanying an athlete through that process.

World Anti-Doping Agency Update

The Prohibited List 2025

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2025 Prohibited List details the substances and methods that are banned within sport. UKAD have summarised the major changes for 2025 on their website.

Podcast

The World Anti-Doping Agency, and blood passports, with Alan Vernec

(BMJ Talk Medicine) Babette Pluim (BJSM’s deputy editor) talks to Alan Vernec of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They discuss the work of the organisation and the new possibilities blood passports are offering doping detection.

THE LARGEST MULTIDISCIPLINARY SPORTS MEDICINE ORGANISATION IN THE UK

Offering full membership to medical practitioners and allied healthcare professionals that work, or have an interest in sport and exercise medicine.

Clean Sport Resources

Clean Sport Resources

Original Research, Reviews & Debates

Video

Athletes with asthma often use inhalers to manage their symptoms. The anti-doping status of an inhaler depends on the medication it contains and the dose at which it is prescribed. Athletes should check the anti-doping status of their asthma medications regularly following these steps ...

UKAD

UKAD explains the importance of knowing your anti-doping responsibilities and what you need to know so you can support athletes and/or teams you work with. This includes links to register for UKAD’s eLearning, Introduction to Clean Sport.

Clean Sport Essentials

Download UKAD’s Clean Sport Essentials guide to enhance your knowledge and confidence to support your athletes to compete clean.

Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)

Sports doctors are a critical part of ensuring athletes have a TUE in place for any medication which contains a prohibited substance, where applicable. Learn more on the steps involved in the TUE process with UKAD, including how to apply for a TUE.

Global DRO

Medications, whether prescribed or bought directly over the counter, may contain prohibited substances. It is an athlete’s responsibility to check their medication before using it even if they have used it before. Learn how you can support athletes to do this.

Video

It takes a team to stop a drug cheat. If you think someone is cheating, tell UKAD. UKAD gather information from many places to help build up a picture and decide what to do. Learn how you can play your part by watching the video or simply search protect your sport.

Video

For Clean Sport Week 2023, Claire Lane, UKAD’s Clean Sport Education Officer, caught up with Professor Nicola Phillips OBE to discuss her experience as an Athlete Support Person. Nicola is an internationally registered Sports Physiotherapy specialist and a Professor at Cardiff University.

Video

Testing is one of the essential components protecting clean sport. Familiarise yourself with the testing process and consider how your role as a potential representative accompanying an athlete through that process.

World Anti-Doping Agency Update

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2025 Prohibited List details the substances and methods that are banned within sport. UKAD have summarised the major changes for 2025 on their website.

Podcast

(BMJ Talk Medicine) Babette Pluim (BJSM’s deputy editor) talks to Alan Vernec of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). They discuss the work of the organisation and the new possibilities blood passports are offering doping detection.

NEWS & EVENTS